5 Ways To Make Super User Stories

Lin Fisher, CSM

User Story vs Use Case

Use Cases Are As Detailed As Possible

User Stories Are Incremental Pieces of Value

How Can I Write Awesome User

Stories?

INVEST by Bill Wake

Independent

Negotiable

Valuable

Estimable

Small

Testable

We  want  to  be  able  to  develop   in  any  sequence

Avoid  too  much  detail

Business  gets  something   out  of  each  story

Each  story  must  be  ready  for  sizing

Each  story  must  be  designed,   coded  and  tested  within  the  iteration

Document  acceptance  tests  

Independent

Independent

As  a  user,   I  want  to  pay  for  my  order  with  VISA

As  a  user,   I  want  to  pay  for  my  order  with  MasterCard

As  a  user,   I  want  to  pay  for  my  order  with  an  additional   type  

of  credit  card

As  a  user,   I  want  to  pay  for  my  order  with  one  type  of  credit  

card

Negotiable

Negotiable

As  a  user,   I  want  to  get  away  from  rage  zombies

As  a  user,   I  want  to  run  across  a  meadow  to  the  skiff  on  the  

the  River  Thames

A B

Valuable

Valuable

As  a  user,   I  want  to  open  a  gateway  from  Midgard   to  

Asgard

As  a  user,   I  want  to  possess  the  Tesseract

A B

Estimable

Estimable

As  a  user,   I  want  to  steer  clear  of  obstructions

As  a  user,   I  never  want  to  be  sunk  by  an  iceberg

A B

Small

Small

As  a  user,   I  want  to  eat  a  bite-­‐sized  cupcake

As  a  user,   I  want  to  eat  something   sweet

A B

Testable

Testable

A  user  must  find   the  software  easy  to  use

A  user  must  never  have  to  wait  for  any  screen  to  appear

As  a  user,   I  want  every  screen  to  appear  within  1  second

As  a  user,   I  want  to  achieve  my  goal  within  4  clicks

Good Luck!