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User Stories for Agile Scrum+Product Owner+Business Analysis

Complete overview of requirements, user story template, epics, splitting, acceptance criteria +business analyst examples.

Created byPaul Ashunworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
BeginnerUpdated Nov 7, 2022

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleLearn what a User Story is and why they are so powerful for capturing requirements in complex projects
  • check_circleFeel confident in writing user stories for any project
  • check_circleUnderstand what a Requirements Spec is and Why they are less flexible than a Product Backlog built with Agile User Stories
  • check_circleExplain what The Three Rs rule, Acceptance Criteria and Edge Cases are and how they will make you a better user story writer
  • check_circleUnderstand how to split and amalgamate stories
  • check_circleLearn techniques to help you to split user stories when working in the real world
  • check_circleUnderstand the difference between EPics and Themes and when each is used
  • check_circleLearn who is responsible for writing user stories in agile and scrum

About This Course

The unique reasons for taking this course are: Complete, Concise, Confident Overview of User Stories - I cover all of the theory and give you examples of how the theory is used in industry.

Confidence in writing User Stories - In a very simple way, I teach you exactly how the pros write user stories.

Includes Narration from Ted R. Brown

What is a User Story?

A User Story is the description of a product feature or requirement from a user's perspective. Based on my experience, it is the simplest way to capture requirements that focus on adding value and help businesses to deliver early return on investment!

Who should take this course?

Whether you are a product owner, scrum master, business analyst, team member, business stakeholder, or simply someone who wants the answer to the question "what is a user story", this is the place to start. If you are preparing to become an agile product owner or agile business analyst then this class is for you.

What will I learn?

In this class you will learn:

A concise overview of Agile User Stories - Including How to write a user story description, acceptance criteria to capture the detail, the purpose of epics and themes in dealing with large or vague requirements, and how to split stories along with the reasons why users stories are favoured over traditional methods of capturing requirements. This includes lectures on the principles that underpin user stories, such as the INVEST principle and the Three Cs formula.

The facts based on real industry experience and agile expertise - The correct terminology and use of User stories are essential to mastering it. My experience in the industry and extensive research into the topic has been used to give you a solid grounding in the most concise way possible.

Agile Product Owners / Agile Business Analyst preparation - I tell you the exact theory and give you templates to prepare you for writing user stories in the real world, business or workplace without having to do a face-to-face course saving you hundreds if not thousands of dollars.

The course is video based with no supporting document necessary. I go through key gotchas from the scrum guide.

How is the course structured?

Each section features an overview of a particular aspect of User Stories such as Principles, How to write a user story description, how to write acceptance criteria or epics. Examples are included throughout the course. All is based on Agile theory and real-world experience so you know that you are learning the facts.

Who this course is for: Product Owners, Agile Business Analysts, Agile or Scrum Team Members, and Business Owners Anyone who wants a complete overview of Agile User Stories and certainty that they are getting the facts taught by an industry expert Someone preparing to be a Product Owner, Agile Business Analyst, Scrum Master, or Agile Team Member Anyone who wants to know how to be proficient with Epics, Themes, Stories, and Requirements

Course Content

7 activities • 19 videos • duration: 45m

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Introduction2 videos • 3 min
  • videocamWelcome
    Duration 2:02
  • videocamAgile Recap
    Duration 1:22
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The World Before User Stories (why do we need user stories anyway)3 videos • 8 min
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User Story Principles3 videos • 9 min
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User Story basics (capturing a requirement)3 videos • 5 min
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Epics and Themes (capturing large or vague requirements)3 videos • 5 min
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Splitting and Combining User Stories3 videos • 8 min
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Final Words and Summary2 videos • 4 min

Your Instructor

Paul Ashun

Exploding Your Team's Productivity To Deliver Your Projects On time, On Budget

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Paul is the CEO/Managing Director and Chief Consultant at Pashun Consulting Ltd, author of Scrum Mega Pack AI and Agile instructor and a certified scrum master, experienced senior programmer and coach with experience in international blue chip companies dating back to 1999. That experience includes leading projects for the BBC, General Electric, Oracle, BSkyB, HiT Entertainment (responsible for Angelina Ballerina, Bob the builder and other titles that you love watching with your kids or siblings but won't admit to) and Razorfish. These roles have all involved leadership on a wealth of mobile, internet TV and web software projects.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.9 out of 5
Student's Choice
12 reviews
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    Darryl T.
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    This course does a good job explaining in simple terms what the User Stories are and how to create and use them.

  • RP
    Ron P.
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    Very informative and straight forward.

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