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Discover what user stories are, why they are used, and formats and examples in agile development, focusing on the end user and collaboration.
Create fictional user personas from defined roles to visualize real users, including background, motivations, and behaviors, illustrated by Neha, Sam, and Ciaran.
Learn how acceptance criteria add detail to a user story, define the scope, guide testing, and confirm completion, with stakeholder elicitation and practical examples.
Download this activity sheet to practice writing acceptance criteria.
Learn how the Fibonacci estimation technique sorts user stories into buckets using the Fibonacci sequence, assigns story points, and promotes breaking down large stories to fit sprint timelines.
Split user stories to prioritize high-value work and enable 1-2 week iterations, while smaller stories improve estimate accuracy and clarify end-to-end testing versus mock environments.
Split user stories by workflow steps to map the shopping flow from search and compare to add to cart, checkout, and confirmation emails.
keep the sprint backlog locked once a sprint begins and avoid mid-sprint changes. place business-critical needs in the product backlog for iterations and review them in next sprint planning meetings.
Explore how a user story map visualizes the end-to-end product journey, from browsing and comparing products to cart management, payment, and order confirmation, via a backbone of activities.
Discover how story maps provide a high-level view of a product, identify missing features, reveal narrative flow and dependencies among stories to map activities in the bigger picture.
Use story maps to guide release planning by prioritizing minimum viable products and outcomes, validating learning with customers, and planning future releases based on user feedback.
Looking to get ECBA®, CCBA®, or CBAP® certified or recertified? - This course qualifies for 3 PD Hours/CDUs!
ENHANCE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY AND PROJECT SUCCESS BY PUTTING YOUR CUSTOMER'S NEED FRONT AND CENTER WITH POWERFUL AGILE USER STORIES.
Understanding the needs of users is one of the key components of any project. But there are some choices in how you gather those needs and how you document them. One very popular and trending technique, especially for Agile projects, is to utilize User Stories.
A User Story is a short, simple description of a feature told from the perspective of the end user. And while these stories are short, they are very impactful. In fact, those one to two sentences provide the context for a series of conversations to fully define the desired functionality.
This course is designed to take you from novice to User Story expert. We'll break down all of the best practices including User Story format, writing Acceptance Criteria, handling common challenges, splitting User Stories, User Story Mapping, and much more.
Whether you have worked with User Stories for years or you've never heard of them until now, this is the perfect course for you.
What’s included in the course?
- High-Quality Video Lectures break down everything you need to know to become an expert in writing, splitting, and mapping User Stories and how to write straight-forward Acceptance Criteria
- Downloadable Handouts help you to enhance your understanding and retention of the key concepts
- Quizzes and Activities validate your learning and help to point out areas that should be reviewed for full comprehension
- 1-on-1 Support means that any confusion or questions you have can be addressed and cleared up easily (no more frantically googling trying to figure out what your course instructor means).
- Lifetime Access with NO Expiration so you can learn at your own pace, and come back at any time you feel unsure or are in need of a refresher
Let’s hear from some students that have already taken this course:
“Very straight forward and jam-packed with useful information with regards to user stories! Examples, videos, and layout make this course that much more worth it.” – Diego
“Great course! Content was told a good pace and was easy to understand. The real world examples also added an extra depth to different topics, giving a lot of the definitions, discussions, and descriptions context.” - Zachary
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Let's hear from some more students:
“I am making a career transition to becoming a scrum master. I've heard of user stories but never knew what they were all about. This course is great for beginners like or anyone who has an interest. The instructors do a wonderful job of breaking the concepts down, and providing examples to tie everything together." - Romier
“Amazing course again from the ba guide team. High Quality audios and videos i would recommend this course for anyone wants to know more about user stories" - Abdirahman
By the end of this course, you will have a deep practical understanding of exactly what User Stories are and how they can be used effectively to generate happy customers!
Enroll today and we look forward to seeing you in the classroom!