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User Story Training Details
In this one-day hands-on workshop, you will practice writing User Stories and learn techniques for prioritization and estimation to manage a Product Backlog or Story List. This can be done using class case studies or with product ideas from the class participants.
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
Customized Training
Don't see the class or size you need? Want another date or location? Let us know. We can offer private training or even schedule another public class.
Have a large group? Contact us about group discounts or private training.
