I write about my Agile learning journey. Writing about the challenges I face and how I navigate this uncertain world showing that work can be different.
Are you lost in splitting your User Stories?
SPIDR: Unleashing the Power of User Story SplittingSplitting user stories can be a challenge. Good thing there are different ways to split a user story and still deliver something valuable. Enter the SPIDeR Technique. Don't worry. You don't need to be afraid of this spider. It just gives you a way to split user stories. SPIDR Techniques: π Spikes: Learn more about upcoming user stories so you can better split them in the future. π€οΈ Paths: Split stories on different paths a user can make. π₯οΈ Interface: Split stories based on hardware or pieces of the interface. π Data: Focussing on one data type can help you split the user stories into small valuable increments. βοΈ Rules: Split your user stories based on business rules that are defined. |
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Hi! I'm Jelmar a Scrum Master
I write about my Agile learning journey. Writing about the challenges I face and how I navigate this uncertain world showing that work can be different.
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How do you know if your meeting was impactful? My favorite way is to do a ROTI (Return On Time Invested) score. Here's how you can do a ROTI score: π Ask everyone to hold up their hand in a fist. Count down from 3οΈβ£2οΈβ£1οΈβ£. Everyone gives a score from πto π. π being the highest. π being the lowest. Here's what the result of a ROTI exercise could look like: π€ππβππ Then, do a round table to ask why they chose a particular score. π₯ BAM! π₯ You have feedback on your meeting you can take into...