INVESTing in User Stories

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INVESTing in

User Stories

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As a <role>

I want to <do something>

So that <I get some value>

In order to <get some value>

<role> should be able to

<do something>

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Independent Nego3able Valuable Es3mable Small Testable

I N V E S T

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Testable

I N V E S T

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TDD

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Es3mable

I N V E S T

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Story points have no units

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Story points are rela3ve

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Story points are

team specific

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The people doing the work es3mate story points collabora3vely

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Velocity is the average number of story points delivered per itera3on

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Velocity is used to help decide which stories can be delivered in

an itera3on

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Small

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Valuable

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Nego3ableI N V E S T

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MMFs

Naked PlanningIn progress Urgent

Average delivery (me from here:

?? days

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IndependentI N V E S T

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Independent

Dependent

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Independent Nego3able Valuable Es3mable Small Testable

I N V E S T

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User stories are not requirements.

They are instruments of planning and should be discarded aDer implementa3on.

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Risk reducer R

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Ignorance dispeller R I

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Verifiably deliverable

R I V

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Expedi3ous

R I V E

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Backlog Done………..

3 DAYS OR LESS

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Tracer bullet

R I V E T

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User Interface

Business Layer

Data Access Layer

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Risk reducer Ignorance dispeller Verifiably deliverable Expedi3ous Tracer bullet

R I V E T

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User stories should be RIVETing

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