Articles on User Stories
Example Mapping: Your Secret Weapon for Effective Acceptance Criteria
Example mapping reduces feature creep, clarifies assumptions, and finds questions early
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Definition of Done vs. User Stories vs. Acceptance Criteria
Three tools work together: Stories invite dialogue, Acceptance Criteria define specifics, Done ensures global quality
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Scrum by Example – How to Deal with Bad User Stories as a ScrumMaster
It is common in the early stages of Scrum implementation for there to be misunderstandings
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Vision to User Stories - What is the Best Flow?
Continuous collaboration matters more than following a pre-ordained flow
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Lifecycle of a User Story
User Stories are a collaborative journey of understanding, not a static requirement document
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Story Splitting – a Play – Spike Sherman
Team members performed a play illustrating Story Splitting and INVEST
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Learning Story Mapping Through Exercises
Story Mapping is a simple tool to help you visualize your Product Backlog
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Scrum by Example – Technical User Stories or The Team Try to Pull a Fast One on the Product Owner
Technical debt should be tracked separately from user stories, not disguised as features for the Product Owner
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Scrum By Example - The Team Collaborate on Acceptance Criteria
Collaborating and using examples improves the quality and understanding of the Acceptance Criteria
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Scrum By Example - Waiting Too Long to Create Acceptance Criteria
Without clear acceptance criteria, the team couldn't agree on size or what to commit to.
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Scrum By Example – Story Splitting Fun
Large stories increase the risk that your team will deliver nothing at the end of the iteration.
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More Notes on Story Splitting
A few elements of the
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Story Slicing, How Small is Enough?
This statement is a great start, but it doesn’t explain why or give you much guidance
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