No cookie cutter for good user stories
It might be a good idea to hunker down and grab yourself a coffee, soda, snack bag, or even a cookie before you dive in to this article; it’s a chunky one on the subject of user stories. While the “keep it simple stupid” has some relevance, user stories are not simple to write, if...
Creating Better Epics
In my role as Agile Transformation Lead at AgileNX, I’ve observed a pattern among several development teams where ‘Epics’ are being used to simply to organize related stories. Creating meaningful Epics is something we're passionate about, so simply grouping a bunch of stories together into a “bucket” type thing doesn’t seem to add much value....