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The Agile Developer's Handbook

You're reading from   The Agile Developer's Handbook Get more value from your software development: get the best out of the Agile methodology

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787280205
Length 398 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Paul Flewelling Paul Flewelling
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The Software Industry and the Agile Manifesto 2. Agile Software Delivery Methods and How They Fit the Manifesto FREE CHAPTER 3. Introducing Scrum to your Software Team 4. Gathering Agile User Requirements 5. Bootstrap Teams with Liftoffs 6. Metrics that will Help your Software Team Deliver 7. Software Technical Practices are the Foundation of Incremental Software Delivery 8. Tightening Feedback Loops in the Software Development Life Cycle 9. Seeking Value – How to Deliver Better Software Sooner 10. Using Product Roadmaps to Guide Software Delivery 11. Improving Our Team Dynamics to Increase Our Agility 12. Baking Quality into Our Software Delivery 13. The Ultimate Software Team Member 14. Moving Beyond Isolated Agile Teams 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Brainstorming a bunch of User Stories

This is a team activity which can be used to quickly build a set of User Stories around a product or feature set.

Activity: Brainstorming requirements with User Stories
What you'll need: Index cards, Sharpies
Set up: A table large enough for everyone to sit around
Timebox: 2 hours

When you're initially setting up for a new piece of work - whether it's a new product or a new feature for an existing product - you'll probably want to pull together your idea(s) and write a bunch of requirements in one go.

A quick way to do this is with the following activity:

  1. Either place the index cards in the middle of the table, so that everyone can reach, or pass them around and everyone has a small pile. Do the same with Sharpies.
  2. The Product Owner introduces the product or feature that you're there to brainstorm. Include an opportunity...
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