better user stories
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Better User Stories
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hello upfront!
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user stories
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warning! This is an opinionated talk
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intentions
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it’s not about agile mumbo-jumbo
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it’s not about a disruptive approach
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nothing against project managers
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let’s talk about communication
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a common sense approach
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..but before, a little bit about me.
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- I’m good with computers
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- I’m good with computers - Curious about process & services
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- I’m good with computers - Curious about process & services - Strong opinions about Food!
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Mars Climate Orbiter - 2000
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Shared documents are not shared understanding
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Kent Beck
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user stories
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[title]
One or many characters wants to do something
in order to accomplish something
A simple story
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[title]
One or many characters wants to do something
in order to accomplish something
A simple story
who?
what?
why?
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“A group of friends journeys to a volcano to destroy jewellery”
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“A group of hackers fuck up the perfect paradise that computers built for them in exchange for shitty clothes and tasty wheat”
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“A rugged man is forced through many detours in an effort to reunite with his beloved rug.”
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As [who?] I want [what?]
so [why?]
The Connextra Formula
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XPDay 2001!
it’s 15 years old!
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This is not an User Story
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User Stories are conversation starters
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User Stories aren’t (just) cards
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User Stories are discussions about how to solve a problem
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User Stories doesn’t need to be written in a template to be
considered User Stories
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User Stories are not a formula, they are conversations
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…but yeah, it’s not like that.
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Clients
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Team
Clients
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Team
Clients Users
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one-way flow instead of
discussion & evaluation
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Team
Clients Users
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what we need? for who?
why?
the discussion
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Writing user stories is a team sport
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effective discussion goes best with small groups of two to five
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So where should we start?
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which user you mean?
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which service? which interface?
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why they wants to do that? why their company cares? why the business cares?
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is that true?
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User Stories as hypothesis
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Short, specific and focused
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Independent Negotiable Valuable Estimable Small Testable
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open conversations between clients, designers, developers
and users
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plan to learn and learn to plan
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1. User Stories are not cards, they are conversations.
2. User Stories doesn’t need a template.
3. User stories are hypothesis.
That’s what I learned so far!
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danke!
we can always do something