Articles on User Stories

Overwhelmed by your product backlog? Story Mapping can overcome that mess and even buy back a year of your life.

Example mapping reduces feature creep, clarifies assumptions, and finds questions early

Three tools work together: Stories invite dialogue, Acceptance Criteria define specifics, Done ensures global quality

It is common in the early stages of Scrum implementation for there to be misunderstandings

Continuous collaboration matters more than following a pre-ordained flow

User Stories are a collaborative journey of understanding, not a static requirement document

Team members performed a play illustrating Story Splitting and INVEST

Story Mapping is a simple tool to help you visualize your Product Backlog

Technical debt should be tracked separately from user stories, not disguised as features for the Product Owner

Collaborating and using examples improves the quality and understanding of the Acceptance Criteria

Without clear acceptance criteria, the team couldn't agree on size or what to commit to.

Large stories increase the risk that your team will deliver nothing at the end of the iteration.

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