In this interactive and practical talk we elaborate on the history and concept of a user story, what it is and what it is not. We elaborate on the 2 problems that stories solve and the 3 problems stories create (and how to mitigate these). This leads to better insight (stories are for telling) and use (you still need documents). Oh, and do not get me started on the use of "Epics"…

2. I write user stories
(and dev team implements them)
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7. User Story = Cardmyth

8. ! ?
Card
Conversation
Confirmation
! !
ConstructionConsequences

9. The real information is
out there in a book

10. I do not need to
document / model anymore
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11. As a … I can … so that ...myth

12. As a … I can … so that ...
User Focus Outcome / Goal Focus

13. Do NOT be
a template zombie

14. Epic? Feature? Initiative?
Story? Subtask? Enabler?
Use Case?
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15. Jeff Patton

16. shared documents aren’t shared understanding
continuously decompose & refine
talk to each other: tell stories
document to help remember