1. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Agile Story Carding prepared for @jaxcodecamp2009

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8. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik 민첩한 ?

9. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Agile?

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11. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Cards

12. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Cards are a placeholder for Conversation

13. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Cards capture conversations between the customer and developer

14. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Cards include tests that indicate successful completion of the task

15. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Cards are written in such a way that the customer values them

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17. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik An example User reads a book before falling asleep

18. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Template As I want So that

19. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Template In order to As I want

20. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Template In order to read a book at night As I want

21. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Template In order to wind down from the day As I want

22. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Template In order to wind down from the day As person in bed trying to read I want

23. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Story Template In order to wind down from the day As person in bed trying to read I want a light source I can control that illuminates my book

24. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Acceptance Criteria Detail the conversations between developer and customer Describe assumptions the customer may hold Are to be written by the customer and augmented by criteria added by the developer Are captured before solution is executed

25. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik In order to wind down from the day As person in bed trying to read I want a light source I can control that illuminates my book Acceptance Criteria * Control does not require me to get out of bed * Light source is safe to leave on overnight * Light source is not so bright that keeps my wife up * Light source is bright enough that I don’t have to strain my eyes to see the text

26. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Acceptance Criteria What happens when I click on a link? User goes to the linked page An AJAX for is displayed User’s hard drive is formatted

27. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik We have a story card, now what?

28. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Estimating Relative effort, not time Assign points or skittles or hot dogs 0, 1, 2, 4, 8

29. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Prioritization Customers can Negotiate relative priority based on Estimates of Independent, Small, Testable Stories and how much they Value the story

30. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik I.N.V.E.S.T.

31. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Independent

32. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Negotiable

33. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Valuable (To the purchaser)

34. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Estimatable

35. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Common Reasons for un-estimatable stories include: Lack of domain knowledge Lack of technical knowledge The story is just too big

36. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Small

37. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik The smaller the better, right? Stories can be broken down Stories can be combined

38. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik Testable (Strive to automate)

39. bigtiger@hashrocket.com Jim Remsik I.N.V.E.S.T.

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