user stories
My User Stories Aren’t Long Enough… Except When They Are Too Long
Product managers/owners often hear from our software development team that all of our user stories are too short, insufficient, skimpy, lacking detail. Except when we hear that all of our user stories are long-winded, verbose, overspecifying how instead of what. What’s really happening?
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From Value to Solutions in Agile
Agile uses mostly user stories to capture requirements. In his blog post, Jean-Jacques Dubray explains that there is a problem with user stories because they tend to focus on the solution and not on the problem definition.
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Describe User Interaction with Scenarios and Storyboards
A user story is a tool to describe the product functionality, but it is less useful suited to describe in detail the user interaction. Agile scenarios and storyboards are tools you need to describe the interaction steps. In his post, Roman Pichler what scenarios and storyboards are, how they can be used effectively in an […]
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Creating a User Story Map
A user story map is a technique created by Jeff Patton where you arranges you user stories into a useful model to help understand the functionality of the system. In this blog post, Steve Rogalsky explains how to create a user story map.
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User Stories That Are Too Big
In this blog post, Jeffrey Davidson discusses the fact that a common issue for Scrum teams is that their user stories are too big. He explains that many teams ask for larger stories because they don’t know how to slice the work into smaller pieces. Writing smaller user stories will make your team happier and […]
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User Stories Walking Exercise
In this blog post, Dhaval Panchal proposes a technique that help slicing agile user stories. He uses it for stories ‘not-done’ at the end of sprint or team that have problems to split stories horizontally across components. The idea is linked to the experience of taking your dog to a park for a walk. The […]
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