This is a general introduction into user stories, their advantages and a suggestion how to use them in scrum projects.

1. User Stories
for the
Product
Backlog
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2. Use Cases
Jira Issues
Features
Backlog Items
User Stories
Prototypes

3. Introduction to
User Stories
Practical
Group Lesson
What's next?

5. Backlog Item 1
Backlog Item 2
Backlog Item 3
Backlog Item 4
Backlog Item 5
Backlog Item …
Classical Product Backlog

6. :
ndation
Recomme
ser S tories
U se U duct
f or the Pro
Ba cklog

7. User Story

8. User Story

10. As a Job Seeker
I want to search
for new Jobs.
1. Story Card

11. 2. Acceptance Criteria

12. 3. Communication!

13. … Examples
of User
Stories…
 As an employer I
want to post a job
offer on the
platform.
 As a user I want to
search for contacts.
 As a customer I

14. … examples of
non User Stories!
 Refactoring the
database-layers
 Improvements on
logging data
 Automatization of the
deployment

16. Product Owner…
… is involved
… is responsible
… knows what to do

17. Just in Time

19. User Story Epic Theme
As a user I As a user I Profile
want to log in. want to create Administration
a
Create profile
profile.
Update profile
Delete Profile
...

20. Sprint Stories July 2009
August 2009
Themes Q1 2010
Q4 2010
Epics 2011

22. Requirements
Workshop …
…
Team
Customer
…
…
Marketing
Product Owner …
Product
Manager

23. Requirements
Workshop
User
User
User
User
Vision User Roles Goals User Stories

24. We want to b
e the only Jo
High Profess b Board for
ionals.
Vision

25. Five Quest
ions:
1. Who are
my Custome
rs?
2. What are
the Custom
er Needs?
3. What are
the essentia
l Product At
tributes?
4. Who are
my Compet
itors?
5. Timefram
Vision Budget
e and
Example

26. Practice
Vision

27. Objec>ve
Objec>ve
System Objec>ve
User Role 1 User Role 2 User Role 3
User Role

28. Brainstorming

29. Initial Set
College Grad Job Poster Resume Reader
Recruiter
First Timer
Layoff Victim
Geographic
Searcher
Administrator
Job Seeker
Monitor

30. Job Seeker Recruiter Administrator
Geographic Internal
Searcher Recruiter
External
First Timer
Recruiter
Layoff Victim
Consolidation

31. Internal Recruiter
Will use the web and software infrequently but
intensly. Will read postings from other
companies to figure out how to best word the
ads. Ease of use is important…
Refining

32. How t
o defi
Roles?
 Bra
Practice
instor
ne Us
er
 Org
 Refi
Usere Role
anizin
ming
g th
init
ne an ial set
d rem
ind

33. As a [user role],
I want
some [goal]
so that [reason]

34. Some more examples…
 As a Job Seeker I want to
search for jobs.
 As a company I want to post
jobs.
 As a Job Seeker i want to be
automatically informed about

35. Practice
User Stories

36. User Story 1
User Story 2 Result:
User Story 3 Initial
User Story 4 Product
User Story 5 Backlog
User Story …

37. „Endlich liegt ein Buch in
deutscher Sprache vor, das
dem Scrum Master,
dem Product Owner und
dem Team das tägliche
Arbeiten mit Scrum
erleichtert. Klar, präzise
und praktisch."
Boris Gloger, Certified ScrumTrainer
ISBN-10: 3446416560
ISBN-13: 978-3446416567
(c) Copyright 2009 Ralf Wirdemann. All Rights Reserved.