The Agile User Story Playbook: Experience Agile Success!

The Most Powerful Communication Mechanism For Agile Product Creation

What you'll learn

User Stories: Understand What Agile is (short high level refresher).

User Stories: Understand What Scrum is (short high level refresher).

User Stories: Know Why User Stories came into existence.

User Stories: Understand What User Stories are.

User Stories: Understand User Story Theory.

User Stories: Know the User Story Structure.

User Stories: Learn to use different techniques in arriving at and developing User Stories.

User Stories: Be able to Do User Story Mapping.

User Stories: Understand and be able to do User Story Splitting.

User Stories: Know How to use User Stories in your project burndowns.

User Stories: Know and explain the difference between User Stories and traditional requirements.

User Stories: Know the difference between User Stories and Use Cases.

User Stories: Know how and when to use “Spikes” to determine User Stories.

User Stories: Know how to deal with Defects with User Stories.

User Stories: And so much more ……..

Requirements

Your own computer and internet access.

You must understand English. (Grade 12 level).

You must have a Udemy Student Account.

Description

Welcome to “The Agile User Story Playbook” The Most Powerful Communication Mechanism For Agile Product CreationATTENTION PRODUCT CREATORS: Learn, Understand & Experience The Creation of Agile User Stories, And Success Is YOURS!The User Story!There is a “Tidal Wave” today that is sweeping our Globe. It began as a ripple in the late 1980s and has progressed into this enormous wave that is sweeping over the “Product Development Arena.” Products all the way from Automobiles to Government Policy creation to the delivery of massive Software Systems. To many of us who have been involved in this arena for over 20 years, we label it as the “Agile Revolution!”And the key framework, the most used framework, and the most successful framework in the Agile “space,” is Scrum. Scrum, is the framework that came from the work of the co-founders, Jeff Sutherland (senior) and Ken Schwaber (Scrum org).And the key method of understanding the needs of our stakeholders within an Agile Framework such as Scrum, and creating a product to fulfill those needs, is a tool that we call “User Stories.” This course is all about how to successfully create those User Stories.Why You Should Take This Masterclass!Recently, one of the top Global Information Technology oversight organizations, Forrester, said this:“The organizational structures that got us to where we are today, are failing us — they are not the structures that will take us forward. Times have changed, and our organizations must adapt to catch up and begin to keep pace with business change”To be at the forefront of working with our organizations to adapt and catch up and begin to keep pace with the changing world around us in the area of product development, you need to know what we are teaching in this course. You then need to take that knowledge and understanding and move it through your Agile teams, no matter what area of the organization they are located and working within.Our intent here is that when you finish our course, you will be an “expert” or SME (Subject Matter Expert) in the development of User Stories.For you to achieve this, in this course we teach you:What Scrum is (short high-level refresher)Why User Stories came into existence.What User Stories Are.User Story Theory.The User Story Structure.Techniques in arriving at and developing User Stories.User Story MappingUser Story Splitting.How to use User Stories in your project burndowns.The difference between User Stories and traditional requirements.The difference between User Stories and Use Cases.How to use “Spikes” to determine User Stories.Defect handling with User Stories.And So Much More ……….All of this is based on where Agile Development is in early 2023.To sum this all up, at the end of this course, you will have all the knowledge and understanding to not only work with teams using User Stories but also teach and mentor others on the successful use of User Stories.Therefore, make sure you take the step and click on purchasing this course. You will not be disappointed.YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE, BUT EVERYTHING TO GAIN!Professor Ed …. “We Are Agile!”

Overview

Section 1: The User Story Playbook Introduction

Lecture 1 01a The User Story Playbook Promotion Video.

Lecture 2 01b The User Story Playbook: Why You Should Take This Course

Lecture 3 01c The User Story Playbook: The Instructor Biography.

Lecture 4 01d The User Story Playbook: Student Self-Introduction

Lecture 5 O1e The User Story Playbook Course Introduction.

Section 2: The Agile Refresh

Lecture 6 02 Agile Review - What is Agile

Lecture 7 03 Agile Review - Agile Foundations.

Lecture 8 04 Agile Review - Agile Principles 1 - 6

Lecture 9 05 Agile Review - Agile Principles 7 -12

Lecture 10 06 Agile Review - Why We Use Agile Part 1.

Lecture 11 07 Agile Review - Why We Use Agile Part 2

Lecture 12 08 Agile Review - Agile Frameworks

Section 3: The Scrum Refresh

Lecture 13 09 Scrum Review - Scrum Introduction

Lecture 14 10 Scrum Review - The Scrum Guide

Lecture 15 11 Scrum Review - The Scrum Values

Lecture 16 12 Scrum Review- What Is Scrum?

Lecture 17 13 Scrum Review - The Scrum Pattern

Section 4: All About User Stories.

Lecture 18 13.5 User Stories - User Story Context

Lecture 19 14 User Stories - User Story Foundations.

Lecture 20 15 User Stories - The User Story

Lecture 21 16 The User Story Part 2

Lecture 22 17 The User Story Part 3

Section 5: The User Story Structure

Lecture 23 18 Structuring The User Story

Lecture 24 19 User Story Mapping Part 1

Lecture 25 20 User Story Mapping Part 2

Lecture 26 21 Where do User Stories Come From

Lecture 27 22 Splitting User Stories

Lecture 28 23 Splitting US Technique 1

Lecture 29 24 Splitting US Technique 2 & 3

Lecture 30 25 Splitting US Techniques 4_5

Lecture 31 26 Splitting US Technique 6

Section 6: Your Questions Answered

Lecture 32 27 Question 1- User Story Estimation

Lecture 33 28 Question 2 - A Story Is Done When ….

Lecture 34 29 Question 3 - Additions During a Sprint

Lecture 35 30 Question 4

Lecture 36 31 Question 5 - Technical Issues

Lecture 37 32 Question 6 - The Sprint Goal

Lecture 38 33 Question 7 - Adding to the Product Backlog

Lecture 39 34 Question 8 - Ceremony Participation

Lecture 40 35 Question 9 - Defect Handling

Lecture 41 36 Question10 - Format

Lecture 42 37 Question 11 - Benefits

Lecture 43 38 Question 12 - Key Challenges

Lecture 44 39 Question 13 - User Stories and Requirements

Lecture 45 40 Question 14 - Conducting the Ceremony

Lecture 46 41 Question 15 - Spikes

Lecture 47 42 Question 16 - Scrum Master Role

Lecture 48 43 Question 17 - User Story Ready

Lecture 49 44 Question 18 - Burndown

Lecture 50 45 Question 19 - Use Cases

Section 7: The User Story Playbook Conclusion

Lecture 51 The User Story Playbook Course Conclusion

This course is for anyone who wants to understand the process of developing a product using the Agile philosophy.