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User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series) By Mike Cohn ( Addison-Wesley Professional )
Release Date: 2004-03-11
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The concept of user stories has its roots as one of the main tenets of Extreme Programming. In simple terms, user stories represent an effective means of gathering requirements from the customer (roughly akin to use cases). This book describes user stories and demonstrates how they can be used to properly plan, manage, and test software development projects. The book highlights both successful and unsuccessful implementations of the concept, and provides sets of questions and exercises that drive home its main points. After absorbing the lessons in this book, readers will be able to introduce user stories in their organizations as an effective means of determining precisely what is required of a software application.
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 Solid practical and philosophical overview of agile methods ( pcosta@macromedia.com )
I bought this book in order to prepare for a transition to agile on our development team. I found it a good mix of theoretical background for the agile processes but also having plenty of good, practical advice. Plus, it is written well.
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Great explanation of how to apply stories in real life
This book does an excellent job explaining what stories are, how to use them, and how to deal with the nasty edge cases that may trip up any team trying to apply user stories to their own projects.
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Good Advice for Beginners and Experts ( awright79 )
This book provides excellent insight into the story driven process, with immediately actionable advice. Cohn clearly describes the advantages of stories, and explains how to develop quality systems that deliver value to the user. Anyone operating in, or hoping to adopt an iterative and incremental methodology will benefit from reading this piece.
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Well-written, practical advice ( pnush )
This book is one of the better collections of how-to's and practical applications I've read on Agile user stories. It mixes in just enough of the theory to understand the importance and distinctions of epics, stories, tasks, and spikes without overly focusing on them. Then, it uses real-world examples in common language to walk you through some of the messier implementations of Agile, and provides specific guidance on how to make things work in less than ideal situations. I found this book particularly helpful for me personally, as well as for one of our less experienced Scrum Master's at work.
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Excellent and a good primer if you're new to Agile ( donvinseattle )
I have seen other presentations and publications from this author and he really seems to know his stuff, plus it's really easy to read. I'm a consultant and trainer and find this to be an excellent reference. There are lots of examples and the book is very easy to read. You also don't have to be involved in Agile development to find this useful, as I also use the concepts for developing user roles and focusing on user goals as a primary function even in a Waterfall development world.
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