Stories often start out too big. Big stories are a challenge, and it is not always obvious how to deal with them. Its important that stories be small enough to estimate, to fit easily into an iteration and to have a decent definition of done. This article explores why some stories don’t fit this mold and what you can do about it.
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Story Weight Reduction Toolkit
Saturday, August 1st, 2009Posted in Agile Development, Agile Embedded, estimation, User Stories, User Story | 9 Comments »
Planning Poker Party (The Companion Games)
Friday, February 6th, 2009High-Low Story Showdown, Deal and Slide, Developer Guts, and Customer Guts
It’s sprint zero and you have a stack of stories needing a first estimate? You need an initial release plan. What should you do? It’s kind of hard to start on day one with Planning Poker. There is a missing baseline to estimate against.
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Tags: Agile Planning, Planning game, Planning Poker, Scrum, TDD
Posted in Agile Development, Coaching, estimation, Planning, Planning Poker, Scrum, User Stories | 15 Comments »