In this interactive workshop, David Hawks will share best practices for writing user stories, acceptance criteria, the INVEST approach, and breaking down user stories. Using these approaches you will be able to effectively convey your vision to the development team so they can output what you want.

1. Create
User
Stories
that
Don’t
Suck!
David
Hawks
@aus9nagile

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3. 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.

4. Sharing
Time!
• How
about
some
volunteers
to
share
what
you
heard
from
your
partner?
• Share
the
beef!

5. Let’s
Remodel!

6. 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

7. Write
the
Name
of
the
project
on
a
card
and
the
contractors
should
interview
the
customers
to
understand
the
job.

8. Document
the
condi9ons
of
sa9sfac9on
for
your
story

9. The
Three
C’s
Card

10. The
Three
C’s
Card
Conversa9on

11. The
Three
C’s
Card
Conversa9on
Confirma9on

12. User
Stories
As a <WHO>
I want <WHAT>
So that <WHY>

13. User
Story
Example
As a frequent flyer
I want to rebook a past trip
So that I save time booking
trips I take.

14. Acceptance
Criteria

15. Independent
Nego9able
Valuable
Es9mable
Small
(a.k.a.
Sized
Appropriately)
Testable

16. +
+
Backlog
Grooming
(Regular
cadence
weekly
or
bi-­‐weekly)
This
is
where
the
conversa9ons
happen

20. But
Dave,
Everything
doesn’t
fit
in
a
Sprint!

21. 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

22. David
Hawks
David@AgileVelocity.com
www.AgileVelocity.com
Blog:
www.Aus9nAgile.com
Twider:
@Aus9nAgile
Thanks!

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