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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.
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