Better user stories by Matteo Cavucci

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BETTER USER STORIESLean and Agile ME Summit 2017 - Dubai, 18 March 2017

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CUSTOMERS

TEAM

CLIENT

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CLIENT

PROJECT MANAGER

DESIGNERS

DEVELOPERS

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LET’S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER

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MATTEO CAVUCCI @matteomced

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ALWAYS LOVED STORIES

READING CREATINGWRITING

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EMBRACE CHANGES INSPIRE PEOPLE

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WHAT ABOUT YOU?

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A SMALL OVERVIEW

What is an user story How can we

make it better

The problem with user stories

WHAT IS AN USER STORY?

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22KENT BECK

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NATURAL LANGUAGE NARRATIVES

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BOOK OF REQUIREMENTS

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GO TO THE SUPERMARKET AND GET 1 BOTTLE OF MILK

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IF THEY HAVE ORANGES, BRING 6

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— JEFF PATTON

Shared documents are not shared understanding.

USER STORIES ARE DIFFERENT

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LIKE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE STORYTELLING BRAINS

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STORIES ARE CONVERSATIONS

AN USER STORY DEFINITION

CARD CONVERSATION CONFIRMATION

From “Extreme Programming Installed” Ron Jeffries

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THAT’S A PROBLEM

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INDUSTRIAL

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DECIDE WHAT TO DO

DOING THE JOB

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POST INDUSTRIAL

WHAT MAKE PEOPLE MOTIVATED

AUTONOMY MASTERY PURPOSE

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INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM FREEDOM TO RESPOND MARKET CHANGES

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STORIES LEAD PEOPLE TO GOALS

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IT’S HARD TO BREAK OUT OF THE “REQUIREMENT” MINDSET

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TOO MUCH DEFINITION

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ONE PERSON

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ARE WE AGREE ON THIS?

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OHHH

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OH! OH!

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I’M GLAD WE ALL AGREE THIS

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STAKEHOLDERS DON’T KNOW ALL THE ANSWER

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— GOJKO ADZIC

Getting business stakeholders to design solutions wasn’t

the intention of user stories.

HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BETTER?

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THINK ABOUT REQUIREMENTS DIFFERENTLY

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STOP WRITING, START DISCUSSING

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Handover

STOP WRITING, START DISCUSSING

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InvolvementHandover

STOP WRITING, START DISCUSSING

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Involvement

Good questions

Options

Product ideasMinimise rework

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DON’T WORRY ABOUT STORY FORMATS

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DON’T WORRY ABOUT STORY FORMATS

Template zombies

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Tell storiesTemplate zombies

DON’T WORRY ABOUT STORY FORMATS

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Tell stories

Placeholders

Avoid obvious

User side of things

No feature request

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STORIES AS SMALL EXPERIMENTS

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Prediction

STORIES AS SMALL EXPERIMENTS

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HypotesisPrediction

STORIES AS SMALL EXPERIMENTS

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Hypotesis

Small

Right or wrong

Learning

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WATCH OUT FOR GENERIC ROLES

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Average user

WATCH OUT FOR GENERIC ROLES

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Actual peopleAverage user

WATCH OUT FOR GENERIC ROLES

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Provide context

Limit scope creep

Focus

Motivations & impediments

Actual people

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CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

DISCIPLINED EXECUTION

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THANK YOUMatteo Cavucci

[email protected]@matteomced