4.5.1 Collaborative User Story Writing

Question 1

A user story represents a feature that will be valuable to either a “ “ or “ “ of a s…

Answer 1

user
purchaser
system or software.

Question 2

User stories have 3 critical aspects (3 Cs):
- Card - the “ “ describing a … (an i… an entry in an e…
- Conversation - explains how the “ “ will be “ “ (can be d…
- Confirmation - the a…

Answer 2

• Card - medium
  user story
  index card,
  electronic board)
• Conversation - software
  used
  documented or verbal)
• Confirmation - acceptance criteria

Question 3

Most common format for a user story is:

“As a “ “, I want [goal to be “ “, so that I can [resulting business value f…”, followed by a…

Answer 3

[role],
[accomplished],
[for the role],”
acceptance criteria.

Question 4

Collaborative authorship of the user story can use techniques like “ “ and m…

Answer 4

brainstorming
mind mapping.

Question 5

The collaboration allows the team to obtain a shared vision of w… by taking into account 3 perspectives:
- b…
- d…
- t…

Answer 5

what should be delivered

• business
• development
• testing

Question 6

Good user stories should be (INVEST):
- i…
- n…
- v…
- e…
- s…
- t…

Answer 6

• Independent
• Negotiable
• Valuable
• Estimable
• Small
• Testable

Question 7

If a stakeholder doesn’t know how to test a user story, this may indicate that the u… is not c… , or that it doesn’t reflect something v… , or that the “ “ just needs help in “ “.

Answer 7

user story
clear enough
valuable to them
stakeholder
testing.