User stories are a convenient format for stating business value and are suitable for any PBI, especially features. User stories are designed to help both business and technical people understand the requirements.
The simple structure of a user story provides an ideal placeholder for a conversation, but it is also possible to write stories that vary in granularity and are easy to gradually refine.
User stories are a lightweight approach that dovetails well with agile core principles and the need for efficient placeholders.
User stories describe features/features that are valuable to users or customers and convey information about requirements.
Unlike traditional requirements specifications, user stories facilitate team communication in a simplified form, reduce modification costs, and have the flexibility to adapt to change. At the same time, the story builds consensus among all stakeholders on the ultimate goal in the form of acceptance driven definitions.
Why do you choose user stories as your approach to requirements?
The advantages of user stories are mainly shown in the following aspects:
User stories emphasize communication
One of the core aspects of user stories is the dialogue, where the customer, the development team, and the product owner interact deeply with each other about a story and discover and discuss the details of the requirements.
User stories are just a promise to have a conversation.
One of the great things about user stories is that they shift the focus from collaboration to dialogue. Dialogue opens up a richer form of information exchange and collaboration to ensure that requirements are properly described and understood by everyone.
This avoids the problems of inaccuracy or semantic multiplicity that can arise through written records.
Everyone understands user stories
User stories are written in one or two sentences of succinct, everyday language and demonstrate value to users or customers without technical jargon, making them easy for users and developers to understand.
User stories lend themselves to iterative development
User stories are an excellent tool to carry items of customer or user value throughout Scrum’s value creation process. However, if stories are all the same size, it’s hard to outline and enjoy the benefits of gradual refinement.
As a result, user stories entering an iteration are broken down into three to five days of developable test completion, ensuring that a story can be implemented in one iteration.
User stories are good for splitting requirements
We can write an initial goal level and placeholder story, replacing this simple description with more accurate details later when the story becomes important to the development process.
User stories spread tacit knowledge due to the emphasis on face-to-face communication, stories can promote the accumulation of tacit knowledge within the team. The closer the communication between developers and customers and within them, the more tacit knowledge can be spread and strengthened.
[User Story card Example]
Standard format for writing a story (three paragraphs) :
As… (User type),
I want to… (function),
So as to… (Business value)”