One of the most overlooked parts of user stories is the content that follows those two little words, “so that.” I’ve found that we (those of us working on agile projects) tend to do a good job of writing user stories until it gets to those two little words. For example, let’s say the iPhone …
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Your Search is Over: The Definition of Done in 3 Easy Steps
Has your team struggled to define “done” for user stories? You are alone. Everyone has this one figured out. You must be new to this thing called agile software development. What’s that? You’ve been doing this agile thing for some time now? Wow, that has got to be depressing. I’m sorry to hear that you’re …
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Quote from EC: “Do you want to get in the box of shame?”
My seven year old son asked this question to his then two year old sister. Her reply? “Yes.” She then proceeded to crawl into the cardboard box. The box of shame.