OT Session Getting Your Story Straight

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OT2004 Session
Getting Your Story Straight

how to write stories for development using XP

Tuesday 30 March, 10:15

tutorial - 75 minutes

Rachel Davies

Session results
When available, can be found at GettingYourStoryStraightSessionResults??

Abstract
This tutorial is about how to write stories for development in the eXtreme Programming method.
Most books on XP are written from a developer perspective, the role of the on-site customer is defined around interactions with the development team.
This session aims to explain what a story is, where the analysis activities that lead up to writing them fit in the process and how stories differ from use cases.
Using XP acceptance tests for stories should be written prior to planning out development. The session also talks about how acceptance criteria is defined and where to involve QA.

Audience
This session assumes no prior knowlege about XP. The session is aimed at analysts, QA and testers.

Benefits

undestand how stories differ from use cases
where analysis happens in XP
where QA fits into the XP lifecycle

Materials
Powerpoint slides and instructions for exercise.

Rachel Davies Agile Experience Ltd	Rachel coaches teams in agile software development and has written a book on "Agile Coaching" [http://pragprog.com/titles/sdcoach/agile-coaching] with Liz Sedley. Rachel has helped organise XP/agile events such as XPDay [ http://www.xpday.org] and continues to serve on the Agile Alliance board of directors [http://www.agilealliance.org]. Rachel was conference chair for SPA2006 and SPA2007. This year Rachel will be presenting a tutorial on "Retrospectives Refactored: [http://www.spaconference.org/spa2010/sessions/session321.html] Past OT/SPA sessions: -SPA2009 "The Role of an Agile Coach" simulation. -SPA2007 "Understanding Cognitive Bias in Decision Making" with DuncanPierce and "Designing Collaborative Workspaces" with MikeHill. - SPA2005 workshop "Project Mapping" - OT2004 tutorial "Getting Your Story Straight" - OT2003 workshop on "Retrospectives". - OT2002 assisted Keith Braithwaite with "First-Order Project Management" workshop.

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TU4		OT2004 Session Getting Your Story Straight
		how to write stories for development using XP Tuesday 30 March, 10:15
		tutorial - 75 minutes
		Rachel Davies

Session results	When available, can be found at GettingYourStoryStraightSessionResults??
Abstract	This tutorial is about how to write stories for development in the eXtreme Programming method. Most books on XP are written from a developer perspective, the role of the on-site customer is defined around interactions with the development team. This session aims to explain what a story is, where the analysis activities that lead up to writing them fit in the process and how stories differ from use cases. Using XP acceptance tests for stories should be written prior to planning out development. The session also talks about how acceptance criteria is defined and where to involve QA.
Audience	This session assumes no prior knowlege about XP. The session is aimed at analysts, QA and testers.
Benefits	undestand how stories differ from use cases where analysis happens in XP where QA fits into the XP lifecycle
Materials	Powerpoint slides and instructions for exercise.