AGILE ISSUE TYPE & DECOMPOSITION

How, when & why to enter Issues

• EPICS◦ TYPES◦ DECOMPOSITION

• STORY◦ TYPES◦ TEMPLATE EXAMPLES◦ STORY EXAMPLES

• SUB-TASKS• BUGS• SPIKES• QUESTIONS

AGENDA

EPIC • Objective that awaits decomposition

• Typically customer facing initiatives

• Summarizes certain business goalsoRelates only to size, not importance

oNot usually assigned to a Sprint or team member

SPRINT EPICoA large user story that cannot be developed and tested

within 3 - 5 days

Business Requirements

Epic Epic Epic Epic

Sprint-Epic

Sub-Epic

Arch. Epic

EPIC

Business Requirements

Epic Epic Epic Epic

Sprint-Epic

Sub-Epic

Arch. Epic

EPIC

Business Requirements

Epic Epic Epic Epic

Sprint-Epic

Sub-Epic

Arch. Epic

EPIC

STORY • Decomposed units of work

from the Epic

Epic

STORY Epic

Story Story Bug• Decomposed units of work from the Epic• Stated as a sentence or two of

plain English• Expressed from the user’s point

of view• Describes a unit of desired

functionality• Can be worked by multiple

developers / testers

1. TRADITIONAL• "As a <role>, I want <goal/desire> so that <benefit>“• As an admin I want to edit a scheme so that it matches the Sprint

2. “SO THAT" CLAUSE• "As a <role>, I want <goal/desire>“• As a non-administrative user, I want to modify my own schedule.

3. "HUNTING THE VALUE"• "In order to <receive benefit> as a <role>, I want <goal/desire>“• In order to view recent edits, the logged-in user is prompted to save.

4. FIVE W’S• "As <who> <when> <where>, I <what> because <why>.“• As a user closing the application, I want to be prompted to save anything that

has changed since the last save so that I can preserve useful work and discard erroneous work.

5. FUNCTIONALITY• "As a <role>, I can <action with system> so that <external benefit>”• As a logged-in user, I want to save my filter so that I can receive emails of jobs

that match my filtered options.

STORY

SUB-TASKS

• Tasks needed to fulfill the Story acceptance criteria

• Estimated in hours

• 4-6 hours for development

• Testing hours could be higher

Epic

Story

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Tech. Task

Test Task

Story

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Test Task

Test Task

Bug

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Test Task

BUG

• “Groomed,” Estimated & Planned• Sub-Tasks estimated in hours• 4-6 hours for development• Test cases re-used (updated as

needed)• Traceability to original story or

Epic

Epic

Story

Bug

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Test Task

Bug

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Test Task

Open BUG if:• Development is complete• Testing finds undocumented issue

• Issue fix > 2-hrs.• Demo issues surface

Epic

Spike Story

10-Hours

Story

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Test Task

Test Task

STORY - SPIKE• Used to analyze or answer a

question• Yes – continue with story• No – save analysis for future

• Training activities needed to support a story

• Time-boxed in hours

• Typically no story points given

STORY - SPIKEEpic

Spike Story

10-Hours

Story

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Test Task

Test Task

Yes

• Used to analyze or answer a question• Yes – continue with story• No – save analysis for future

• Training activities needed to support a story

• Time-boxed in hours

• Typically no story points given

Epic

Spike Story

10-Hours

Story

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Sub-Task

Test Task

Test Task

STORY - SPIKE

No

Close Story

• Used to analyze or answer a question• Yes – continue with story• No – save analysis for future

• Training activities needed to support a story

• Time-boxed in hours

• Estimated in story points

EPICSTYPESDECOMPOSITION

STORYTYPESTEMPLATE EXAMPLESSTORY EXAMPLES

SUB-TASKS BUGS SPIKES

REVIEW

QUESTIONS