The Life of a User Story
User Stories are a fantastic way of bringing together someone who is requesting a need and someone(s) who will transform that need into a working increment. Inevitably, we encounter needs that are large in nature, too big for a sprint. What do we do about those things? What if we are working in a multi-sprint release? How do we break those large things into smaller sprint size chunks and maintain the concept of potentially shippable increments? Let’s explore that world with a few techniques.
Outline/Structure of the Talk
Set the Stage(5 mins)
-What problems do we all face breaking a large vision or release into smaller sprint size chunks
-What is a User Story
Discuss Techniques to break down User Stories ( 25 mins)
- Traditional methods of breaking down user stories
- Interviewing and Questioning techniques to develop Stories
- The optimal environment for developing stories
- How do we document all of this
Sizing Large Items( 10 mins)
Close(5 mins)
Learning Outcome
- Participants are able to distinguish different types of User Stories based upon the planning level
- Participants will learn different techniques to identify stories based upon the planning level
- Participants will learn techniques to size/estimate stories based upon planning level
- Participants will learn different ways to document different user stories based upon the planning level using different formats
Target Audience
Product Owners, Stakeholders, Development Team members, Business Analyst
Links
http://www.meetup.com/agilenova/events/232011150/
