Analysis in Agile: It’s More Than Just User Stories Kent McDonald @beyondreqs Webinar Series 2015

Analysis in Agile:It’s More Than Just User Stories

Kent McDonald@beyondreqs

Webinar Series 2015

©Kent McDonaldwww.synerzip.com Webinar Series 2015

Writing user stories…

In order to share my

experiences (and get into

Agile2015 for free)

As Sam the submitter

I want to submit a session

proposal

…is not the whole story!

What does analysis look like in Agile?

Describewhat to build

using models & stories How to determine

what is just enough

Analysis in AgileUse value to determine the

right thing to build

Typical Description of What to Build

This has its issues…

Exercise

Do you have a complete solution?

Exercise

Is the backlog more like a wish list?

Start with value, then identify

stories

Use Goals & Objectives to define value

Increase our ability

to handle expected

increase in claims

Objective:Reduce paper claims from 1000 per week to 500 per week by 12/31

Identify Assumptions

Single doctor offices

have internet

access

Majority of paper

claims come from

single doctor offices

Single doctor offices do not have medical billing systems

Staff at a single doctor’s office would submit claims via website

Identify stories to validate assumptions & meet objectives

Majority of paper

claims come from

single doctor offices

In order to identify the

main sources of paper

claimsAs Carol the Claims Mgr

I need …

In order to determine

whether single doctors

offices would submit

claimsAs Peter the Provider

Relations Manager

I need …

Staff at a single doctor’s office would submit claims via website

Impact Mapping

http://impactmapping.org

using models & stories

How to determine what is just enough

Understand the solution with models

Use models to identify stories

In order to provide

feedback to submitters

As Reed

I need to submit a

review of a session

As ReedI can add a review to a sessionSo that I can provide feedback to Sam

As Sam

I can view reviews on

my session

So that I can get

feedback on my

session

As ReedI can edit my reviewSo that I can react to changes Sam made to his submission

Use Models to Identify Stories

Stories represent changes needed

In order to guide

submitter track selection

As Peter Program Chair

I want to organize

tracks into themes

The delivery team sets me straightI don’t like the Theme concept. It seems we’re putting the users through more pain and more unnecessary choice than they should have to…

What problem are we really solving with the theme concept?

And comes up with a better solution

Models describe stories

As ReedI can add a review to a sessionSo that I can provide feedback to Sam

Acceptance Criteria describe stories

• One line summary and advice to presenter are required.

• One line summary limited to 95 characters.

• Choices for “This presentation should be included in the program” are agree, neutral, and disagree.

As Reed

I can add a review

to a session

So that I can

provide feedback to

Examples describe stories

How many stories can you find?

using models & stories

How to determine what is just enough

Do only what you actually need to do

For illustra

tive purposes only

No models were harmed used

building the submission system

Exercise

Definition of Ready

Team discusses and agrees

Possible things to include

Interaction

Diagrams

Prototyp

esWireframe

Sample Data

Testable examples

Acceptance Criteria

DiagramsSmall

UX Test

Approvals

Dependency

identified

Stakehold

identified

Definition of Ready

Use case

Exercise

Analyze when youneed to, not before

Visualize Discovery and Delivery

Iteration Planning

Discovery Board

Delivery Board

Discovery Board

Defn of Ready

StoryStory

Story Story

StoryStory

Feature

Include: Story Acceptance Criteria

Include: Story Acceptance

Criteria Size

Include: Story Acceptance Criteria Size Mockup Dependencies Stakeholder list Examples

What did you find useful?

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Questions?

If you remember nothing else…

1. Use value to determine the right thing to build

2.Use models, acceptance criteria & examples to describe the solution

3.Collaborate to figure out what is just enough

Stay in Touch

Kent McDonald

kentjmcdonald@gmail.com

@beyondreqs

www.beyondrequirements.co

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