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Splitting User Stories Training: Getting to Ready

Splitting User Stories Training: Getting to Ready

Course 3653

Duration: 2 days
Language: English
11 PMI PDUs
Level: Intermediate

This Splitting User Stories training course provides Agile team members with the skills to create user stories effectively through immersive work on a case study, as well as information transfer from an expert Agile instructor. You will learn to manage backlogs and how to split a user story so that they can be implemented in time boxes.

Attendees should have a basic familiarity with Agile concepts and/or Scrum which may have been gained from courses such as Agile Fundamentals Training, or Scrum Alliance certification courses such as Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) Training and Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) Certification Training
While it is not a pre-requisite, this course is a smooth transition for those attendees who have taken Effective User Stories Training

While Product Owners, Product Managers and Business Analysts can benefit most from this course, it is also useful for Scrum Masters, Agile coaches and Agile Development team members such as programmers and testers

Splitting User Stories Training: Getting to Ready Delivery Methods

After-course instructor coaching benefit

Splitting User Stories Training: Getting to Ready Course Benefits

Seed Product Backlogs with epic stories derived from a Product VisionPlan releases using story mapsDecompose stories using a variety of techniquesCreate work items small enough to fit into an inspect-and-adapt cycle

Splitting User Stories Course Outline

Product Backlog Overview

User stories as Product Backlog items
Lifecycle of a story
INVESTing in “good” user stories
User stories v ‘Technical’ stories

Creating and Maintaining a Product Vision

Using impact maps to focus on outcomes
Relating Release goals and Sprint Goals to the Product vision

Product Backlog Refinement

Using story maps for release planning
Drilling down through acceptance criteria
Architectural approaches to story splitting
Using the ‘hamburger technique’ to support iteration

Managing the Iteration Backlog (a.k.a Sprint Backlog)

Defining ‘Ready’
Identifying Sprint Backlog items
Tracking progress with Burndown and Scrum Boards
Creating a virtual team to support the Product Owner

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Course FAQs

User story is a tool that describes the type of user, what they want and why. The purpose is to capture a simplified description.

This is the task of making sure the backlog is in order and kept on it’s timeline to ensure it’s ready for the next step.

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