Agile Requirements – Writing User Stories Workshop

Writing User Stories Workshop will demonstrate how to manage, write, and communicate requirements in an Agile Environment. Participants learn to collaborate and identify business needs and communicate those needs through User Stories. Group activities will be performed to apply the learned knowledge in real time with the ability to use their own project.

 Upon successful completion of this course, the attendee will gain knowledge in the following:

• Overview of Agile and understand common terms for Agile Teams
• Determine Business Analysis Activities in Agile
• Understand how to Identify and Define User Personas
• Write User Stories
• Understand all aspects of Product Backlog Items
  •  Solution Requirements
  • Spikes
  • Technical Debt
• Understand Epics, Features and Tasks
• Apply User Story Analysis

Module 1 - Overview of Agile and understand common terms for Agile Teams

Module 2 - Determine Business Analysis Activities in Agile

Module 3 - Understand how to Identify and Define User Personas

• What is a User Persona?
• Examples of a User Persona
• Where do they fit in the RoadMap/Journey Map?

Module 4 - Write User Stories

• What is a User Story?
• Who should write them?
• When should they be written?
• How do I split User Stories into smaller User Stories?
• Best practices

Module 5 - Understand Product Backlog Items

• Solution Requirements
• Spikes
• Defects
• Technical Debt

Module 6 - Understand Epics, Features, and Tasks

• Understanding your Product’s Vision
• Understanding Epics
• Understanding Features
• Understanding Tasks

Module 7 - Apply User Story Analysis

• How to Add Detail to a User Story
• How to Split a User Story
• Backlog Management and Prioritization
• Sprint Planning, Review and Retrospective

Module 8 – Course Review

This course is intended for Agile teams to communicate and write user stories to capture requirements. This would include Product Owners, Stakeholders, Business Analysts, Testers and any person who wants to write user stories.