A Comprehensive Guide To Agile User Stories

Gain the skills needed to write great user stories, epics & themes

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.2

- Write clear
- concise & effective user stories
- Gain a clear understanding of epics & themes
- Diagnose user stories written by others and determine if they need to be revamped
- tweaked or corrected

What you'll learn

Write clear

concise & effective user stories

Gain a clear understanding of epics & themes

Diagnose user stories written by others and determine if they need to be revamped

tweaked or corrected

Create user stories for any kind of software application

Drive user story adoption through the rest of your organization

* Requirements

* NO software or technical skills needed other than being a user of any desktop or mobile applications such email (Gmail
* Yahoo
* etc.)
* OR online e-commerce sites (Amazon
* EBay
* etc.)
* OR social networking sites (Facebook
* Twitter
* Instagram
* WhatsApp
* etc.)
* OR streaming apps (Netflix
* Hulu
* etc.)
* OR any application on your Windows or Mac laptops or desktops

Description

Welcome to the highest rated course on user stories on Udemy. Period.

This course is designed to teach how to think in terms of user stories; it will enable you to actually write effective user stories as well as epics & themes. The 2+ hours of course material includes real world examples of user stories, epics & themes and it also has quizzes after each lecture to reinforce key concepts.

This is NOT a lightweight course that simply repeats high level ideas that anyone can read online for free - this course has REAL insights on this topic.

Who this course is for:

There is NO specific educational background required to follow course material but it would help if you already have a Bachelor’s or currently pursuing a Bachelor’s in ANY of these majors - Business, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Humanities, Engineering, Science, or Liberal Arts programs
Following roles will benefit from this course - recent or soon to be graduate who is seeking a career in software development, aspiring or existing Business Analyst, aspiring or existing Product Owner, Agile Practioners such as Scrum Master, Scrum Coach, Release Train Engineer, SAFE Coach, member of agile software development team AND senior management of Agile product development or IT organization

Course content

1 sections • 16 lectures

Main Course 16 lectures

Introduction Preview 05:00

This lecture will cover instructor bio, course goals, differentiators and target audience.

Purpose of a User Story Preview 04:27

This lecture will highlight the reason for writing user stories. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Crux of a User Story Preview 06:08

This lecture will breakdown the 3 elements of a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Importance of 3 Elements of a User Story Preview 06:51

This lecture will provide more context on the 3 elements of a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Format of a User Story Preview 07:29

This lecture will cover a popular template to write a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Acceptance Criteria Preview 17:53

This lecture will go in depth into acceptance criteria. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Assumptions & Dependencies Preview 06:36

This lecture will breakdown how to identify assumptions & dependencies for a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

I.N.V.E.S.T Preview 17:38

This lecture will go in depth into the 6 guiding principles for writing a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Essence of Testable Attribute Preview 06:55

Lecture will focus on clarifying the gist of testable principle

3 C's Preview 06:09

This lecture will highlight 3 additional criteria to keep in mind while writing user stories. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

A User Story Example Preview 10:21

This lecture will focus on writing a user story & related information for a login functionality. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Another User Story Example Preview 11:47

This lecture will focus on writing a user story & related information for a password reset functionality. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Using UI Mock UPs Preview 05:50

This lecture provides clarity on how to use UI mock ups to complement a user story. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Poorly Written User Stories Preview 07:16

This lecture will cover the different ways to avoid writing improper user stories. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Epics & Themes Preview 12:48

This lecture will breakdown epics & themes with examples. Quiz is included at the end of this video.

Message from Instructor Preview 00:51

A quick word from course instructor.