Effective User Stories and Product Backlog Management

Note: this course is customisable

Duration: 1-2 days 

Topics Covered (sample)

• Defining your stakeholders and understanding their needs
• The Product Vision
• From themes to epics/features to user stories and spikes – Late Elaboration for Agility
• Defining Product Increments
• User stories and acceptance criteria with examples
• Techniques for splitting epics to stories
• The INVEST criteria for user stories
• Creating and refining the Product Backlog
• The 3 Amigos
• Prioritisation of user stories and other elements of the product backlog – defining value and risk
• Defining Product and Release scope – Minimal Marketable Feature Set
• Estimation and planning – story points, planning poker, empirical forecasting
• Workshop: 2 hour ‘Backlog Refinement’ on target in-house project or supplied example

Exercises will be used throughout the course

Who should attend: Product Managers, Product Owners, Project Managers, Business Analysts and Team Leads – those involved in defining and managing requirements, planning and maximising value delivery for the Scrum Team.