Happy Mapping Monday! Today’s #mappingmondays video goes back to basics and covers the notion of looking at User Needs as well as constructing a Value Chain and ultimately turning it into a map by applying various aspects of motion and direction to the components. As always, the links in the video are below, and a…
Tag: User Stories
Story Points Are Dead! (Long Live Story Points?)
(Alternate Subtitle: How the heck do you do estimation and forecasting in Kanban?) One of the biggest changes for many team who are adopting agile is in the way they slice, track and measure their work. They learn about “User Stories” which are sized using “Story Points”. The team adds up the number of Story…
Breaking Down Features to User Stories
In my recent post on root cause analysis and the 5-Why’s Lisa Crispin wondered if they could be used in breaking down user stories, too: Are the 5 whys only for root cause analysis? Can they be used to find out the purpose of a new user story or theme? There are many ways to…