by Cynthia Kahn | Jan 21, 2018 | Agile Scrum
Event Modeling is Easy Story Identification Technique For those new to Scrum, Story identification can seem intimidating. Even if you follow our guidelines in Chapter 3 – GSD Gold Approach to Story Writing, you may still have writer’s block. Event modeling is one of...
by Cynthia Kahn | Sep 10, 2017 | Agile Scrum
Assigning Story Points to each Spike Story Improves Epic Planning Accuracy In Scrum, we have a special type of Story called a Spike. The Product Owner or another team member writes a Spike Story when the team does not understand the requirement well enough to write a...
by Cynthia Kahn | Apr 30, 2017 | Agile Scrum
Better Understand the Purpose of Story and Acceptance Criteria Some who practice scrum believe that acceptance criteria are optional. Others only write a one sentence summary and don’t even bother writing story requirements. These practices could be a recipe for...
by Cynthia Kahn | Nov 16, 2016 | Agile Scrum
The 5 Key Ingredients to Write Better Stories Every time we teach a GSD Scrum Training workshop, one of the most difficult concepts for students to grasp is how to write a story. On the surface, the concept seems quite simple: Describe the user’s functional...
