Turning
Stories into
Websites
Donna Benjamin
donna@catalyst-au.net
@kattekrab
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Hello!
Who are you?

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What is a User Story?

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As a user...

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I require...

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So I can...

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As a goat I want a purr
programmer who can help me out
so that the work gets done
with multiple perspectives.
@GoatUserStories

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But…
where do user
stories come from?

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Workshops

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David Hussman no Workshop Exploring Agile Project Parameters
by Improveit on Flickr - CC-BY-SA

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Interviews

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Interview?
by Ethan on Flickr - CC-BY

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Surveys

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Example Likert Scale
By Nicholas Smith - CC-BY-SA

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Competitive analysis

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Prototype
and iterate

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INVEST

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I – Independent
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N – Negotiable
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V – Valuable
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E - Estimable
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S – Small
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T – Testable
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INVEST

User Stories
Applied
Mike Cohn

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The big picture

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Story mapping

Story Map
By visualpun.ch - CC-BY-SA

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Team work

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Group dynamics

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Telling stories

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Estimating effort

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Shared understanding

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The habitat

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Cynefin
Dave Snowden

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Obvious

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Complicated

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Complex

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Chaotic

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Disorder

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So…
what are
we building?

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Conference website

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Media sharing
website

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Research agency
website

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Personas

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As a potential
delegate...

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I want to know the date
of the conference

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so I can see if it suits
my schedule this year

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As a future speaker...

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I want to submit a talk
proposal

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so I might be invited to
speak at this
conference

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As a conference
organiser...

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I need to review and
evaluate talk proposals

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so we can create a good
conference program.

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User roles

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Anonymous users.

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Authenticated users.

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Admin users.

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Breaking
it down

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As a speaker with
an accepted talk

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I want to share my
talk on social media

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so that people
will come to see it.

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● social platform logos
should appear on
every talk page

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● clicking on each logo
should pre-populate a
post with the URL &
session details

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Getting social

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Choosing the right
contributed modules

drupal.org/resource-guides/social-media-and-drupal

drupal.org/project/service_links

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Stories.
People collaborate,
Product evolves.

References
http://agilereference.org/
http://www.subcide.com/articles/how-to-write-meaningful-user-stories/
http://jpattonassociates.com/user-story-mapping/
http://www.wunderkraut.com/blog/iterations-for-drupal-development/2015-01-08
http://www.romanpichler.com/blog/personas-epics-user-stories/
https://www.drupal.org/resource-guides/social-media-and-drupal
http://xp123.com/articles/invest-in-good-stories-and-smart-tasks/
http://tiny.cc/story-invest
http://www.agile42.com/en/blog/2013/12/11/cynefin-framework/
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Thank you.

Turning Stories
into Websites
Donna Benjamin
donna@catalyst-au.net
@kattekrab - #PyConAU

Summary
Gathering stories
● Workshops
● Interviews
● Surveys
● Competitive analysis
● Prototype and iterate
Break into chewable chunks
● INVEST
Can we get there faster by
using plugins, extensions,
modules, libraries,
frameworks?
Let’s be honest, How often
are we really building
something new? Instead,
extend and contribute to the
field.
Stories are the soul of the
agile approach to software
development.
Agile manifesto: People
collaborate, product evolves.
Team work - how will we do it?
● Telling each other the stories
● Estimate effort - time, skills?
● Shared understanding of the habitat
(CYNEFIN)
Practical Examples
Personas/Roles/RBAC & Acceptance criteria
● Conference site
○ Delegate
○ Speaker
○ Organiser
● Media sharing
● Research agency