When to Delete Product Backlog Items
I am surprised that so many Scrum Product Owners (PO) ask the question: “when to delete product backlog items?” On probing a little, it turns out many POs are afraid…
How to Do Documentation in a Sprint
One of the values of the Agile Manifesto is “working software over documentation.” I have seen this value either interpreted such that a software development team does no documentation, or…
When to Write Technical User Stories
Scrum does not mandate a specific format in which a product backlog item(PBI) is represented. Over time User Story format, which was first introduced by Extreme Programming (XP) framework…
Use Cases and Agile User Stories – What’s the Difference?
Briefly, in this article we are going to review the differences between Use Cases and Agile User Stories. The user story originated in XP but is a key tool used…
Pretotyping -what is it and how is it different from prototyping?
If you have never heard the term pretotyping before, don’t despair, you are not alone. Most folks have not and hence are not familiar with the concept and approach it…