The document discusses agile user stories, defining them as concise requirements written from the end-user's perspective and popularized by Mike Cohn. It describes essential components of user stories, including templates, the INVEST criteria, and the differentiation between user stories and other requirements formats. Additionally, it covers user story management in agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban, highlighting the importance of goal-oriented modeling.

1. Agile User Stories and Goal Modeling
Samedi Heng, Manuel Kolp, Yves Wautelet
M. Kolp - LSINF 1210: Information Systems and Project Management, 2017-2018

2. What is User Story?
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o A text of maximum of two lines written from point of view
of end-users.
o Proposed by Kent Beck in eXtreme Programming (XP).
o The most used requirements artifacts in Agile Methods.
o Popularized by Mike Cohn in 2004: User Stories Applied.

3. What is User Story?
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o The 3C:
 Card
 Conversation
 Confirmation (~Acceptance Test)

4. What is User Story?
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o The 3C:
 Card
 Conversation
 Confirmation (~Acceptance Test)

5. What is User Story?
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o Acceptance Test
 (Given) some context
 (When) some action is carried out
 (Then) a particular set of observable consequences should
obtain
o Example
 Given my bank account is in credit, and I made no withdrawals
recently,
 When I attempt to withdraw an amount less than my card's
limit,
 Then the withdrawal should complete without errors or
warnings
AgileAlliance

6. What is User Story?
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o The 3C:
 Card
 Conversation
 Confirmation
https://elearning.industriallogic.com/gh/submit?Action=PageAction&album=composingUserStories&path
=composingUserStories/userStories/promise&devLanguage=None

7. Write User Story
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o User story templates: As [WHO], I want [WHAT], so that [WHY]
o User story templates proposed by Mike Cohn:
I as a <role>,
I want <function>,
so that <business value>.
As a creator, I want to upload
a video, so that any users can
view it.
As a <type of user>,
I want <capability> ,
so that <business value>.
As a book buyer, I want to
search for a book by ISBN, so that
I can find the right book quickly.
As a <type of user>,
I want <some goal>,
so that <some reason>.
As a user, I can indicate folders not to
backup, so that my backup drive isn't
filled up with things I don't need saved.

8. Write User Story
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User Story Templates

9. Write Good User Story?
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INVEST
o Independent
o Negotiable
o Valuable to users or customer
o Estimable
o Small
o Testable

10. User Story Concept
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o EPIC and THEME
o User Story Point: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, …
o Velocity: total of implemented story point of an iteration
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/features-themes-
epics-story-tasks-scrum-hassan-bba-is-smc-sfc

11. User Stories Examples
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o As a user I want to have a Job board.
o As a user I can search for a job.
o A a user I can search for a job by attributes like location, salary range, job title,
company name, and the date the job was posted.
o As a user I can view informaiton about each job that I matched by search
o As a user I can view detailed infomation about a company that has posted a job.

12. User Story is not
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Use Case

13. User Story is not
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IEEE-830 document requirements

14. User Story vs. Use Case vs. Requirements
14https://www.slideshare.net/SandraSvanidzait/user-stories-in-agile-software-development

15. User Story Management
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User Story Iceberg
Mike Cohn

16. User Story Management
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User Story Mapping
Source: Tarang Patel

17. User Story in Scrum
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Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Product Backlog grooming
https://www.neonrain.com/agile-scrum-web-development/

18. User Story in Scrum
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Release Burndown Chart
https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/scrum-tools/release-burndown

19. User Story in KANBAN
19https://ketiljensen.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/kanban-the-next-step-in-the-agile-evolution/

20. User Story in KANBAN
20http://www.continuousagile.com/unblock/kanban.html

21. Goal-Oriented for Modeling User Stories
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http://modernux.se/docs/userstorymapping/

22. Goal-Oriented for Modeling User Stories
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Rationale Tree: i* framework graphical notation (S. Heng PhD Thesis)

23. Goal-Oriented for Modeling User Stories
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Rationale Tree: Supporting CASE-Tool (S. Heng PhD Thesis)
User story View Rationale Tree View

24. Goal-Oriented for Modeling User Stories
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Rationale Tree: Identifying EPIC user story and Theme (S. Heng PhD Thesis)
o Epic: top-level Task elements not issued from the refinement of another
Task element but that itself need to be refined in more elements (WHAT
Dimension).
o Theme: all elements under the scope of Task (EPIC) elements.