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User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development
- By Mike Cohn, Mike Cohn
- Published Mar 1, 2004 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Part of the Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck) series.
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Learn to build robust software that more closely meets the customer's needs through applying the concept of user stories.
° A clear explanation of the most agile means of gathering software requirements
° Thoroughly reviewed and eagerly anticipated by the agile software development community
° Allows the reader to save time and resources by gathering the proper requirements BEFORE coding begins
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- Copyright 2004
- Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/4"
- Pages: 304
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-321-20568-5
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-20568-1
Thoroughly reviewed and eagerly anticipated by the agile community, User Stories Applied offers a requirements process that saves time, eliminates rework, and leads directly to better software.
The best way to build software that meets users' needs is to begin with "user stories": simple, clear, brief descriptions of functionality that will be valuable to real users. In User Stories Applied, Mike Cohn provides you with a front-to-back blueprint for writing these user stories and weaving them into your development lifecycle.
You'll learn what makes a great user story, and what makes a bad one. You'll discover practical ways to gather user stories, even when you can't speak with your users. Then, once you've compiled your user stories, Cohn shows how to organize them, prioritize them, and use them for planning, management, and testing.
- User role modeling: understanding what users have in common, and where they differ
- Gathering stories: user interviewing, questionnaires, observation, and workshops
- Working with managers, trainers, salespeople and other "proxies"
- Writing user stories for acceptance testing
- Using stories to prioritize, set schedules, and estimate release costs
- Includes end-of-chapter practice questions and exercises
User Stories Applied will be invaluable to every software developer, tester, analyst, and manager working with any agile method: XP, Scrum... or even your own home-grown approach.
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Table of Contents
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
I: GETTING STARTED.
1: An Overview.What Is a User Story?
Where Are the Details?
“How Long Does It Have to Be?”
The Customer Team.
What Will the Process Be Like?
Planning Releases and Iterations.
What Are Acceptance Tests?
Why Change?
Summary.
Questions.
2: Writing Stories.Independent.
Negotiable.
Valuable to Purchasers or Users.
Estimatable.
Small.
Testable.
Summary.
Developer Responsibilities.
Customer Responsibilities.
Questions.
3: User Role Modeling.User Roles.
Role Modeling Steps.
Two Additional Techniques.
What If I Have On-Site Users?
Summary.
Developer Responsibilities.
Customer Responsibilities.
Questions.
4: Gathering Stories.Elicitation and Capture Should Be Illicit.
A Little Is Enough, or Is It?
Techniques.
User Interviews.
Questionnaires.
Observation.
Story-Writing Workshops.
Summary.
Developer Responsibilities.
Customer Responsibilities.
Questions.
5: Working with User Proxies.The Users' Manager.
A Development Manager.
Salespersons.
Domain Experts.
The Marketing Group.
Former Users.
Customers.
Trainers and Technical Support.
Business or Systems Analysts.
What
