Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories
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- Author：Gojko Adzic
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Summary
This book will help you write better user stories， spot and fix common issues， split stories so that they are smaller but still valuable， and deal with difficult stuff like crosscutting concerns， long-term effects and non-functional requirements。 Above all， this book will help you achieve the promise of agile and iterative delivery: to ensure that the right stuff gets delivered through productive discussions between delivery team members and business stakeholders。
Reviews
Christoph Kappel
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This one is also a nice recap of many books about testing that I've read so far。My personal learnings here are how to properly group， merge and split user stories and also some nice ideas like to actually name milestones， so people can actually feel like they've reached and archived something that isn't just another number on a dashboard。 Another idea I really have to look into is impact mapping。 This one is also a nice recap of many books about testing that I've read so far。My personal learnings here are how to properly group， merge and split user stories and also some nice ideas like to actually name milestones， so people can actually feel like they've reached and archived something that isn't just another number on a dashboard。 Another idea I really have to look into is impact mapping。 。。。more
Christophe Gesché
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J'ai vraiment vraiment adoré l'approche rédactionnelle。 La découpe par problématique。C'est pour moi le premier que j'encourage à lire aux personnes de mon entourage qui utilisent les User Stories。 J'ai vraiment vraiment adoré l'approche rédactionnelle。 La découpe par problématique。C'est pour moi le premier que j'encourage à lire aux personnes de mon entourage qui utilisent les User Stories。 。。。more
Rémi
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I really like this book， easy to read， easy to understand and big learning
Hania
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Nicely written quick ideas how to improve user stories - creating stories， planning with stories， discussing stories， splitting stories， managing iterative delivery。
Guillem Fernandez
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Excellent compilation of ideas to help you refine your technique and solve some problems you have had at some point for sure。 It’s a very easy to read book and a complete set of tips， very helpful and very recommended！
Francisco
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Very good bookIts a good bock that explains in a practical way how to get better results from agility from the use of user stories。 It explains very power tool and conceps that today very much companies should consider。 For example the validation of outcome with real users， between a lot of other powerfull concepts。
Clumsygadabout
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A handy book to keep at your desk to use in conversation with project team， especially if there are members who are new to user stories。
Henry Suryawirawan
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This book provides very practical and useful tips on how to do Agile software delivery and user stories creation。 While working on a customer engagement recently， I made use some of the tips from the book and was able to drive a successful inception workshop that ended up with a better MVP scoping that everyone was more confident of。
gvgvgvijayan
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Nice book with collective information about the user stories from end to end analysis。
Kristjan
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Usually I try to avoid reading books， articles refering to "X number of ways to get Y"。 This however is excpetion。 Usually I try to avoid reading books， articles refering to "X number of ways to get Y"。 This however is excpetion。 。。。more
Philippe Aubrée
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Un livre indispensable pour les PO （et donc les POD， PO proxy。。。）， les coachs agiles。。。le format de clés sur 2 pages permet d'en lire petit morceau par petit morceau， mais peut faire prendre du temps。Prenez des notes ;-） Un livre indispensable pour les PO （et donc les POD， PO proxy。。。）， les coachs agiles。。。le format de clés sur 2 pages permet d'en lire petit morceau par petit morceau， mais peut faire prendre du temps。Prenez des notes ;-） 。。。more
Elena Vladimirova
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I read the whole thing a while ago， and I keep coming back to reread parts of it。 This needs to be a course。
Jorge
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uno de los libros más importantes que he leído para llevar a los equipos a interactuar de corma colaborativa en la recolección de ideas para la generación de proyectos de cualquier índole， y en particular， proyectos de desarrollo de software。Si necesitas sacar los equipos del "síndrome del excel proyectado"， este es el libro que debes leer。 uno de los libros más importantes que he leído para llevar a los equipos a interactuar de corma colaborativa en la recolección de ideas para la generación de proyectos de cualquier índole， y en particular， proyectos de desarrollo de software。Si necesitas sacar los equipos del "síndrome del excel proyectado"， este es el libro que debes leer。 。。。more
Nikolay
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I liked this book - it consists of multiple interesting ideas regarding backlog management （BTW name '50 quick ideas to improve your Product Backlog' would better describe content of the book）。 This books is not for beginners and assume some experience working with backlog items （in any format）。It provides ideas for following activities:* Creating stories* Planning with stories* Discussing stories* Slitting stories* Managing Iterative DeliveryAll ideas accompany with examples from author's exper I liked this book - it consists of multiple interesting ideas regarding backlog management （BTW name '50 quick ideas to improve your Product Backlog' would better describe content of the book）。 This books is not for beginners and assume some experience working with backlog items （in any format）。It provides ideas for following activities:* Creating stories* Planning with stories* Discussing stories* Slitting stories* Managing Iterative DeliveryAll ideas accompany with examples from author's experience which makes this book quite practical。 。。。more
Evan Wondrasek
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I took my sweet time with this one， but it was worth it， as each chapter was independent and this stuff would be very easy to overwhelm yourself with if taken all at once。 I was on board with about 90% of the recommendations， with the main exceptions being at the end。 This book is much more than writing good user stories; some of the most valuable information was about sequencing and iterative breakdowns。 I genuinely plan to reread this book on a regular basis。
Bart Du Bois
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plenty of useful tips
Nenad Vitorović
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Good source of insights with a bunch real-world examples， and can be used as a reference/quick reminder/inspiration。。。
Miguel Ocaña
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Un libro por el que voy a pasar de vez en cuando ya que dependiendo de la situación tendré más interés por determinadas recetas。 En definitiva una fuente de ideas， hay cosas que no se me hubieran ocurrido nunca y a las que pienso dar oportunidades en cuanto vea la necesidad。
Jeff Dutra
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This book was okay。 It definitely had some good and interesting ideas。 This is a rare situation where I would recommend a book that I give a 3 out of 5。 Unfortunately the writing gets in the way。 Writing well is not easy， but it is important when expressing ideas。 I believe a great editor can help turn this book into a 4 instead of a 3 out of 5。This book reminds of the quote from Stephen Wilbers Mastering the Craft of Writing: How to Write With Clarity， Emphasis， and Style"There’s not much to b This book was okay。 It definitely had some good and interesting ideas。 This is a rare situation where I would recommend a book that I give a 3 out of 5。 Unfortunately the writing gets in the way。 Writing well is not easy， but it is important when expressing ideas。 I believe a great editor can help turn this book into a 4 instead of a 3 out of 5。This book reminds of the quote from Stephen Wilbers Mastering the Craft of Writing: How to Write With Clarity， Emphasis， and Style"There’s not much to be said about the period， except that most writers don’t reach it soon enough。" 。。。more
Gábor László Hajba
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A good book on how to make user stories more effective。 It summarizes best practices and common sense on the approach of planning and describing tasks to develop。I will try these ideas as soon as I get to my next project where I am not just confronted with the stories to implement but with the features / epics which need to get smaller to fit into our head。
Sergey Shishkin
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In fact， this book contains more than fifty very good ideas， because every idea comes with a short anecdote highlighting its usefulness and context， as well as with practical guidance on how to put that idea in practice。 It's densely packed with wisdom and will not only improve your user stories but iterative product development in general。 In fact， this book contains more than fifty very good ideas， because every idea comes with a short anecdote highlighting its usefulness and context， as well as with practical guidance on how to put that idea in practice。 It's densely packed with wisdom and will not only improve your user stories but iterative product development in general。 。。。more
Joachim Tessmer
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awesome little lessons from an slightly different perspective
Joe Cotellese
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Excellent book that you'll probably need to read multiple times to really digest all the information that is in there。 Really great tips on managing iterative delivery that I want to start using right away。 Excellent book that you'll probably need to read multiple times to really digest all the information that is in there。 Really great tips on managing iterative delivery that I want to start using right away。 。。。more
Edward Dahllöf
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Not my kind of book， too cluttered and some ideas made me wonder if they just wanted to hit the 50-mark。 Too detailed experiments that might have worked in one environment is sold as they are the way to go。
Ben
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a concise book with great practical advise regarding user stories。it's not a step by step guide but offers advice and tips based on experience。 a concise book with great practical advise regarding user stories。it's not a step by step guide but offers advice and tips based on experience。 。。。more
Victor
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This book contained lot of new ideas for me。 Some of them are context dependent， but many are wildly applicable。 An overarching theme is that stories are a token for conversation。 There are many ideas on how to improve the conversation， by focusing on collaboration， not trying to make everything fit a given format。The third section， Discussing stories， contains a lot of ideas that are easy to put in practice。 For example。 we have tried diverge and merge in the team， and it proved to be a useful This book contained lot of new ideas for me。 Some of them are context dependent， but many are wildly applicable。 An overarching theme is that stories are a token for conversation。 There are many ideas on how to improve the conversation， by focusing on collaboration， not trying to make everything fit a given format。The third section， Discussing stories， contains a lot of ideas that are easy to put in practice。 For example。 we have tried diverge and merge in the team， and it proved to be a useful tool for getting the team on the same page。 Also measuring alignment with feedback exercises helps actually measure shared understanding。If you’re tackling big user stories， make sure to read the forth section。 There are a bunch of good ideas on how to split stories， while making sure they still have business value。 The examples in this section also helped a lot。 The authors talk about building MindMup and some of the challenges they faced and how they split big or complex stories。 I must admit I was surprised by how creative some of the solutions were。 They definitely showed how to deliver business agility。The ideas on managing iterative delivery are also interesting， but might be harder to put in practice。 The authors talk against using numeric story sizes， velocity for capacity management and other very common practices in agile projects。 The good thing that they do give alternatives that， although might be hard work at first， make a lot of sense。If you're interested in a more detailed review， you can visit my blog。 。。。more
Matteo Tomasulo
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It's appeared to me， but this book was a little stringed out。 Some ideas are absolutely good and inspiring but I think that some of them， as repetition of others or for verbosity， are just a way to pad the book。 It's appeared to me， but this book was a little stringed out。 Some ideas are absolutely good and inspiring but I think that some of them， as repetition of others or for verbosity， are just a way to pad the book。 。。。more
Michal Brutvan
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A must have book for all product owners who have at least some amount of experience （as someone mentioned below， it's not an introduction in this topic） and are looking for ways to make their teams and products more successful。 A must have book for all product owners who have at least some amount of experience （as someone mentioned below， it's not an introduction in this topic） and are looking for ways to make their teams and products more successful。 。。。more
Stijn
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Short chapters with clear ideas and useful examples （although a bit short sometimes）。 Not all of the tips are useful for my specific context， but none of them felt like fillers to get to the total of 50， which you often get with 'X things on subject Y' titles。 Short chapters with clear ideas and useful examples （although a bit short sometimes）。 Not all of the tips are useful for my specific context， but none of them felt like fillers to get to the total of 50， which you often get with 'X things on subject Y' titles。 。。。more
Ivan
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