The keystone for any agile project is a properly formed backlog. Get this right and everything else just seems to slot in to place.
But one of the very first problems faced by new agile teams, is how to write user stories. Without this skill, teams find themselves unable to create a backlog. Without a backlog, agile working is practically impossible.
The ability to create user stories is a fundamental skill that everyone on an agile team should possess.
Crafting high quality user stories is a learnable skill and it’s not limited to business analysts alone. Stakeholders, customers, users, programmers, testers, architects, authors, designers, UX, UI, product owners, developers, scrum masters, agile coaches, managers and leaders would all benefit from learning how to write high quality user stories.
The Writing User Stories course
This one day course is a highly interactive workshop that reveals how great user stories can be written. Using an example project, delegates form teams and work together to create, then refine, user stories.
Course Outline
- 10 Minute Intro to Scrum (for those without any working knowledge of agile)
- User Story Workshops
- Why User Stories?
- User Story Construction
- INVEST in User Stories
- User Role Modelling
- Estimation, Valuation and ROI
- Acceptance Criteria
- Splitting User Stories
- Guidelines for Good User Stories
- 10 Signs of Poor User Stories
- Recommended Reading
Audience
- Business Analysts
- Stakeholders
- Customers
- Users
- Programmers
- Testers
- Architects
- Authors
- Designers
- UX
- UI
- Product Owners
- Developers
- Scrum Masters
- Agile coaches
- Managers and Leaders
Coure Pre-Requisites
No formal pre-requisites are required. It would be helpful if you already had knowledge of working with an agile team. If not, consider reading the scrum guide before attending the class.
Course Availability
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