Effective User Stories

Want to learn how to write user stories?Want to be confident that you're doing it right?Then this is the book for you.In this book we take you through the theory, the practice and the pitfalls of user stories to help you create, refine and visualise backlogs. Written by an experienced Product Owner and Business Analyst, we cover the basic and more advanced techniques.*Discover the reason why user stories exist.*Understand the elements that make up a user story and why they are...
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Want to learn how to write user stories?Want to be confident that you're doing it right?Then this is the book for you.In this book we take you through the theory, the practice and the pitfalls of user stories to help you create, refine and visualise backlogs. Written by an experienced Product Owner and Business Analyst, we cover the basic and more advanced techniques.*Discover the reason why user stories exist.*Understand the elements that make up a user story and why they are structured in that way.*Learn the signs of well written user stories and know how to identify common problems.*Learn how to handle Epics, Features and User Stories and why different sized stories are useful.*Understand the best techniques split user large stories into more manageable chunks.*Identify when user stories are not the best communication tool.*Learn how to run refinement sessions.*Understand how to visualise and manage an out of control product backlog.*Includes real-life examples, anecdotes and lessons learned from a career spent helping teams to develop working software.*Includes multiple worked examples for you to practice writing user stories.If you're looking to understand user stories or want to improve the way you use them, this book will take you from the basics to more advanced techniques that will give you the tools and confidence to excel.