User stories are a great way to focus your requirements around the real needs of your users: As a user I want to report on the number of users who read articles on my blog so I can see whether a topic is popular or not. This approach can work really well for a production… Continue reading User stories for production support (part 1: FAB)
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Elaborating user stories: what about architecture?
Some people worry that in our rush to become more agile we might be leaving good architecture behind. So I often reassure with the following statement: Don’t worry - There is no doubt that the system’s architecture will emerge from what we are doing. The only question is whether it will be the architecture we… Continue reading Elaborating user stories: what about architecture?
Elaborating user stories by breaking them into tasks
In some teams, the iteration or sprint begins with the team discussing each story and breaking it down into the specific tasks that each team member will need to perform in order to complete the story. The team then track tasks on their story wall rather than complete stories. Tips There is a common rule… Continue reading Elaborating user stories by breaking them into tasks
An index to some approaches for elaborating stories
There are many approaches that work well when elaborating stories and the team should decide on the approach that works best for them. I have broken some approaches into the following categories for the purpose of explaination: Code and see - Developers build from their understanding of the system together with frequent questions and demonstrations;… Continue reading An index to some approaches for elaborating stories
Using MoSCoW to prioritize ideas
I have been on a lot of projects in my time and I used to prioritise ideas or requirements as “high”, “medium” or “low” importance. If people classified their requirement as low,however, we would record the requirement in a long list, thank them for their idea and then never talk about it again. If they classified it as medium then… Continue reading Using MoSCoW to prioritize ideas
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