create user stories that don't suck!
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Create User Stories that Don’t Suck!
David Hawks @aus9nagile
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What’s your BIGGEST BEEF with User Stories?
Get together with a partner and share stories about Stories. Write down your partner’s biggest beefs.
Sharing Time!
• How about some volunteers to share what you heard from your partner?
• Share the beef!
Let’s Remodel!
Instruc9ons • Work at your table/with a small group of 4 – 5. • Some of you volunteer to be the “contractor” (the development team or project manager)
• The remaining members are the customer • The customer picks some kind of home remodeling project
• Examples: – Remodel bathroom – Remodel kitchen – Add a story to the home
Write the Name of the project on a card and the contractors should interview the customers to understand the job.
Document the condi9ons of sa9sfac9on for your story
The Three C’s
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Confirma9on
User Stories
As a <WHO>
I want <WHAT>
So that <WHY>
User Story Example
As a frequent flyer
I want to rebook a past trip
So that I save time booking trips I take.
Acceptan
ce Criteria
Independent Nego9able Valuable Es9mable Small (a.k.a. Sized Appropriately) Testable
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Backlog Grooming (Regular cadence weekly or bi-‐weekly)
This is where the conversa9ons happen
But Dave, Everything doesn’t fit in a Sprint!
Richard Lawrence’s Story Spli^ng Strategies
• Workflow Steps • Business Rule Varia9ons • Major Effort • Simple / Complex • Varia9ons in Data • Data Entry Methods • Defer Performance • Opera9ons (e.g. CRUD) • Break out a Spike
David Hawks
www.AgileVelocity.com Blog: www.Aus9nAgile.com
Twider: @Aus9nAgile
Thanks!
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