• Agile
• UserStory

Agile/UserStory

• Should be short, simple and focussed.

• https://www.betteruserstories.com/courses/better-user-stories/videos?video_id=1

The user story template

• Simply follow this format:

  As < an end user: WHO >,
  
  I want to < perform a specific action or goal: WHAT > 
  
  so that I can < derive specific value or benefit: WHY >

User story conversations and time negotiations

• Detail
  • Break down into tasks
• Acceptance criteria
  • High level test
  • Confirms the story is complete
• Story points - size/scale effort
• Assignee, Epic Link, Sprint, Status

Check for great user story INVEST

• [I] Independent - not depend on success of another story
• [N] Negotiable - adjust AC, clear, ideas around implementation, fit more needs
• [V] Valuable - business value , background
• [E] Estimable - clear enough to understand scope and quantify
• [S] Small - one sprint
• [T] Testable - AC indicate when done

Story maps

Start with the objective and ask:

• What problem are you trying to solve?
• What product do you want to create?
• Are there any features you want to add?
• What will a user most likely want to do at each point?
• What mistakes could a user make at any point?
• What could confuse a user at any point?
• What additional information might a user need?
• How will giving users each aspect add value to the bottom line?
• Layout sequence and alternative's at each step, split int mvp , need soon, nice to have

Quotes

• "Stories aren’t the requirements; they’re discussions about solving problems for our organisation, our customers and our users that lead to agreements on what to build."
  • Jeff Patton, Agile Evangelist