As user, I hate user stories
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AS USER, I HATE USER STORIESThoughtWorks Presents! - Munich, 16 November 2016
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CUSTOMERS
TEAM
CLIENT
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CLIENT
PROJECT MANAGER
DESIGNERS
DEVELOPERS
3 PEOPLE
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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 fix it
Why I hate user stories
WHAT IS AN USER STORY?
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20KENT 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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THIS IS WHY I HATE USER STORIES!
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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 FIX IT?
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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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IF YOU WANT MORE
User Story Mapping Jeff Patton O’Reilly
50 quick ideas to improve your user stories Gojko Adzic Lean pub
Made to stick Chip Heath & Dan Heath Random House
