User Stories Are Not Requirements

Have you or someone you know ever been stuck with pages of requirements notes having to turn those into user story format (As a [persona], I [want to], [so that])? If so, first of all, we're sorry. Secondly, we want to help you know that there are other—and better—ways to dealing with this situation, and that's what this episode is all about. User stories should be user STORIES—pigeonholing them into a one-size-fits-all format takes away from the value they were meant to provide. Tune into this episode to hear a brief history of user stories and get back to the WHY behind them so that your user stories function the way they're supposed to.

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There is a lot of material on how a team should operate in an agile manner. There is also a lot of material for leadership as to the benefits of agility, the mindset, etc. But there is not a lot of material directed towards those folks who sit in between. Agile Bites breaks down key Lean and Agile concepts and practices for the people who are often tasked with supporting these things. People who may have to be redefining their roles in a world of incremental delivery. Or maybe they’ve been put in the middle of an “agile transformation” and things are not going as well as promised.