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Authoring Elegant and Meaningful Agile User Stories
Rating: 4.2 out of 5(4,009 ratings)
11,321 students

Authoring Elegant and Meaningful Agile User Stories

Learn the skills needed to write highly effective and intelligent User Stories, Epics & Themes
Created bySanjeet Biswas
Last updated 2/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • Write clear, concise and meaningful User Stories
  • Write precise Acceptance Criteria
  • Write Epics & Themes
  • Know the difference between Epics, Themes & User Stories
  • Diagnose issues with poorly written User Stories and be able to fix them
  • Write User Stories, Epics and Themes for any type of application

Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 2h 14m total length

  • Introduction5:00

    This lecture will cover instructor bio, course goals, differentiators and target audience.

  • Purpose of a User Story4:27

    This lecture will highlight the reason for writing user stories. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Crux of a User Story6:08

    This lecture will breakdown the 3 elements of a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Importance of 3 Elements of a User Story6:51

    This lecture will provide more context on the 3 elements of a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Format of a User Story7:29

    This lecture will cover a popular template to write a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Acceptance Criteria17:53

    This lecture will go in depth into acceptance criteria. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Assumptions & Dependencies6:36

    This lecture will breakdown how to identify assumptions & dependencies for a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • I.N.V.E.S.T17:38

    This lecture will go in depth into the 6 guiding principles for writing a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Essence of Testable Attribute6:55

    Lecture will focus on clarifying the gist of testable principle

  • 3 C's6:09

    This lecture will highlight 3 additional criteria to keep in mind while writing user stories. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • A User Story Example10:21

    This lecture will focus on writing a user story & related information for a login functionality. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Another User Story Example11:47

    This lecture will focus on writing a user story & related information for a password reset functionality. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Using UI Mock UPs5:50

    This lecture provides clarity on how to use UI mock ups to complement a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Poorly Written User Stories7:16

    This lecture will cover the different ways to avoid writing improper user stories. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Epics & Themes12:48

    This lecture will breakdown epics & themes with examples. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

  • Course Wrap Up1:06

    A quick word from course instructor.

Requirements

  • NO software or technical skills needed other than being a user of any desktop or mobile applications such email (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.), OR online e-commerce sites (Amazon, EBay, etc.), OR social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.), OR streaming apps (Netflix, Hulu, etc.), OR any application on your Windows or Mac laptops or desktops

Description

Welcome to one of the highest rated course on user stories on Udemy. Period.

Most organizations that have adopted Agile frameworks are oblivious to the fact that very few people in those organizations know how to actually write sound User Stories. Since User Stories are conversational in their verbiage, it is very hard for the un-initiated to know whether a given User Story is correct and if not, what might be missing in that User Story. Most of the time what gets passed as a User Story is simply a task or a set of tasks OR maybe an end-user's goal but without potential benefit OR a research activity, etc. There are several ways a User Story gets mis-used and totally wasted. This course will teach you to see through all this rut that exists w.r.t User Stories. Not only that, this course will teach you to quickly conceptualize and actually write User Stories.

And most importantly, this course is designed to teach how to think in terms of user stories. This is a super important aspect of this course since as you know, thought precedes action. So, if you can think it, you can write it.

Additionally, this course will enable you to write precise Acceptance Criteria which are a must in order for a User Story to be worked on by development team. Moreover, course will also enlighten you on the topics of Epics & Themes to the point that you will also be able to conceptualize and quickly write Epics and Themes. The 2+ hours of course material includes real world examples of User Stories, Epics & Themes and it also has quizzes after each lecture to reinforce key concepts.

Finally, most courses on User Stories are filled with just academic information on this topic. This is NOT a lightweight course that simply repeats high level information on User Stories, Something, that anyone can read online for free - this course has REAL insights on this topic.

Who this course is for:

  • There is NO specific educational background required to follow course material but it would help if you already have a Bachelor’s or currently pursuing a Bachelor’s in ANY of these majors - Business, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Humanities, Engineering, Science, or Liberal Arts programs
  • Following roles will benefit from this course - recent or soon to be graduate who is seeking a career in software development, aspiring or existing Business Analyst, aspiring or existing Product Owner, Agile Practioners such as Scrum Master, Scrum Coach, Release Train Engineer, SAFE Coach, member of agile software development team AND senior management of Agile product development or IT organization

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