Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: The story lifecycle

    • Tutorial overview

    • Exercise: Staple yourself to a story

    • Where do stories come from?

    • Reactive or planned?

    • Quiz 1

    • User story lifecycle example

    • User story lifecycle fitting it together

    • Where does the time go?

    • Exercise: Where do your stories spend their time?
  • 2

    Chapter 2 - Adding definition of done and ready, and Refinement

    • One backlog or many?

    • Entering the backlog

    • Story writing workshops

    • Dual track development

    • Exercise: Dual track pros and cons

    • Pros and cons of dual track

    • Definition of done

    • Workflow with DoD and discovery

    • Definition of ready

    • Story refinement meetings

    • Quiz 2
  • 3

    Chapter 3 - Power of 3, Planning meeting options and evaluation

    • Chapter 3 overview

    • Alternative lifecycle flow

    • Power of 3 sessions

    • Alternative story lifecycle with power of 3

    • Refinement meetings or power of 3 ?

    • Planning meeting options

    • Post release evaluation

    • Quiz 3
  • 4

    Chapter 4 - Backlog strategies

    • Fixed backlog

    • Reactive backlog

    • Asteroids backlog

    • OKRs - objectives and key results

    • The end
  • 5

    Feedback

    • End of tutorial feedback
  • 6

    Downloads

    • Slides: User Stories by Example tutorial 5 - Lifecycle and workflow

    • Post deployment evaluation flowchart