{"id":75,"date":"2013-09-04T18:16:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T18:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agilerasmus.com\/wordpress\/?p=75"},"modified":"2016-12-18T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T18:17:19","slug":"user-stories-does-not-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agilerasmus.com\/wordpress\/user-stories-does-not-work\/","title":{"rendered":"User stories does not work"},"content":{"rendered":"

People doing Scrum-like methods often decline the story point terminology due to \u201cour requirements are not transformable into user stories because of\u2026\u201d-reasons.<\/p>\n

My typical response is to ask them \u201cok, but as long as you set the context, define ready and acceptance criteria – then it\u2019s all fine\u201d.<\/p>\n

From my point of view there are three important aspects of user stories:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. They describe the context of the requirements<\/li>\n
  2. They scope the task by having measureable done criteria<\/li>\n
  3. They prescribe what needs to be completed before starting implementation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you can handle these elements on your regular requirements, then I\u2019m in full approval.<\/p>\n

    So, how do you actually transform requirements?<\/p>\n

    Look at this example:<\/p>\n

    \u201cChange the call on line 55 of calculator.cpp from \u2018return int(round(val));\u2019 to ‘return val;\u2019 and also change the function to return float values.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    This might not be the prototypical requirements that you see – but I\u2019ve seen variations of this happening very often.<\/p>\n

    The requirement states two obvious tasks:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Change line 55<\/li>\n
    • Change the function definition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      What it doesn\u2019t state is:<\/p>\n

        \n
      • What is the expected outcome of this test?<\/li>\n
      • Who should verify it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Asking these questions might reveal:<\/p>\n

          \n
        • The sales department has sold a version of our calculator which is able to handle non-integer numbers with decimals<\/li>\n
        • When implemented it\u2019s expected that a user could perform decimal number calculations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Summing all this up might give the following:<\/p>\n

          \u201cAs a user I\u2019d like to be able to calculate using decimal numbers\u201d<\/p>\n

          Ready criteria:<\/strong> User interface design should be designed and agreed<\/p>\n

          Done criteria:<\/strong> 10,3+2,23=12,53 and 10,3-2,23=8,07<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

          Now, wasn\u2019t that simple? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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