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User Story Workshop

In this full-day version of our hands-on workshop, you will practice writing User Stories and learn techniques for managing a Product Backlog or Story List. This can be done using class case studies or with product ideas from the class participants.

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User Story Workshop Details

User Stories are a modern approach to representing requirements for successful product development and planning. Through hands-on exercises, this workshop will explore what a User Story is and how to effectively create them.

Audience

This course is valuable for business analysts, project managers, product managers, and product owners.

Topics

User Story Fundamentals

  • Why?

  • A history of requirements capture

  • User Stories vs other techniques

Writing User Stories

  • 3 C’s (Card, Conversation, Confirmation)

  • What can/cannot be a Story?

  • Popular User Story templates

  • Common mistakes

Facilitating a User Story Workshop

  • What? Why? Who? When?

  • Workshop facilitation tips and tricks

Ordering User Stories

  • Measuring Value, Risk, and Cost

  • Dependencies between User Stories

  • Techniques for ordering in groups

Getting to “Done”

  • Acceptance Criteria tips & templates

  • Definition of “Done”

Splitting User Stories

  • How? When?

Testing User Stories

  • When? Who?

  • Types of tests

  • Automation

Estimating User Stories

  • Techniques for estimation

  • Release planning

Maintaining a Product Backlog or Story List

  • Refinement

  • Definition of ‘Ready’

  • Story Mapping

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