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Writing user stories is harder than you think. Trying to capture the functionality the user wants is not always that simple. User stories are one of the most applicable techniques introduced by Agile and many organizations have been using them in place of their stakeholder requirements in Waterfall environments because of their ease of use and relatability to their users. Getting them right takes practice. Many user stories are too big and cannot be worked on. Some are too small adding no real value. This course helps you write effective user stories by identifying the attributes and guidelines for writing better user stories.
Overview
Writing user stories is harder than you think. Trying to capture the functionality the user wants is not always that simple. User stories are one of the most applicable techniques introduced by Agile and many organizations have been using them in place of their stakeholder requirements in Waterfall environments because of their ease of use and relatability to their users. Getting them right takes practice. Many user stories are too big and cannot be worked on. Some are too small adding no real value. This course helps you write effective user stories by identifying the attributes and guidelines for writing better user stories.
Internationally Endorsed and Aligned with Best Practices
Bob the BA is an IIA Endorsed Education Provider. All courses are aligned with the BABOK 3.0. Earn PDU / CDUs for both IIBA and PMI certification or recertification.
Instructor
Bob Prentiss is a keynote speaker, author, mentor, coach and Business Analysis thought leader. Bob is passionate about helping you think, learn & work differently so you can become the best version of yourself. Bob is the CEO and founder of Bob the BA Training providing badass business analysis training, consulting and mentoring services. Bob the BA helps organizations transform their requirements practices utilizing modern techniques, an agile mindset and street-smart approaches to get the work done faster. Bob is CBAP® certified with 30 years of experience in corporate America; with a background in managing BA centers of excellence, assessing and managing BA maturity, quality, and competency. Bob has presented numerous keynote, workshops, seminars, conferences, and training sessions across North America. Bob is a founding member and past President of the IIBA® MSP Chapter.
Approach
Our goal at Bob the BA is to help you think, learn and work differently so you can make an impact back on the job. If you always do what you have always done, you will end up right where you were before you were trained right? So at Bob the BA we take a different approach because we know we learn best by doing and not through lecture. Our courses are always hands-on, practicing through exercises, activities, facilitated discussions, case studies, role play, workshops, printed materials and presentations.
Who Should Take This Course?
Anyone that works in an Agile environment and contributes user stories, or anyone working in a different methodology who want to move to user stories instead of traditional stakeholder requirements formats.
Objectives
How to develop and manage user stories
How to write great user stories
How to evaluate user stories
How to fix user stories that are not ready to work on
Determine when your user story is solid enough to work on
Development of acceptance criteria
How to break down user stories and get to the MVP
How to create a user story map
Course Topics
What is a user story? Why does Agile use user stories?
Understand the user story concept
The format of a user story
Qualities of a great user story
How to write great user stories
INVEST criteria for user stories
How to recognize when a user story is not so great
How to fix user stories
Determine when your user story is solid enough to work on
Development of acceptance criteria
Acceptance criteria lists vs. Gherkin
How to break down user stories (MVP)
How to create a user story map through functional decomposition
