User Stories and Estimation

Last reviewed 25 January 2020 by Crispin Read

Description

We use user stories to describe development features and understand their value. As its name suggests, it is told from the user’s perspective. They are particularly helpful to capture a specific functionality, such as, searching for a product or making a booking.

Why this is important

Writing good user stories is key to a successful development.

Outcomes

At the end of this training you will be able to:

1. Create user stories to describe development work
2. Estimate the difficulty of tasks to aid planning

Learner Requirements

1. Project in discovery phase

Outline

1. Recap
   1. Agile principles
   2. Agile planning
   3. Impact Mapping
2. Anatomy of a user story
3. Activity: Create some user stories

Tasks

During Training

1. 5 user stories for your project

After Training

1. Complete user stories for your project

Resources / Reference

1. Intro Slides on Google Drive
2. Demo on YouTube
3. 10 Tips for Writing Good USer Stories
4. Better User Stories
5. The easy way to write User Stories