User Stories & Backlog Management

A user story (work item) is a short, simple description of a feature told from the perspective of the person who desires the new capability, usually a user or customer of the system. They typically follow a simple template:

As a , I want so that .

Here is a quick summary of 6 levels of Agile Planning:

Following video explains process for the agile backlog management:

Also, enjoy the most comprehensive list of resources for Agile user story and backlog management:

Presentations

• Introduction to user stories
• Effective user stories
• Prioritizing your product backlog

Articles

• User story explained [ article ]
• Advantage of user stories for requirements [ article ]
• How to hold an effective backlog grooming session [ article ]
• Writing contracts for Agile development [ article ]
• Non-functional requirements as user-stories [ article ]
• 9 tips for creating good sprint backlog [ article ]
• Product backlog articles from Scrum Alliance [ various articles ]
• ScrumBut: Construct the Sprint Backlog According to Individual Specialist Capacity [ article ]
• Agile smells: Lack of progress [ article ]

Templates

• "As a user, I want" user story template

Videos

• Prioritizing your product backlog by Mike Cohn
• Effective User Stories by Mike Cohn
• Agile Estimating at DFW Scrum by Mike Cohn
• Bay XP Meeting Part 1 : Agile Estimation, Mike Cohn
• Bay XP Meeting Part 2 : Agile Estimation, Mike Cohn

Tools

• All product backlog and user story management tools
• Free Agile Tools Review

Books

• User stories applied
• Agile estimation and planning

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