Writing Agile Development Stories: A How-To

For a moment, pause and consider the purpose of agile development methods.

Essentially, agile development exists in order to improve product and positioning. These two items are inherent beneficiaries of the flexible development process. Yet there is more beneath the surface, in terms of chronicling your progress and usage, when it comes to agile principles. Like a Scrum log, thought leadership has already established the importance of tracing your voyage through a development phase.

Writing agile stories is one way to do this. An agile story has three parts. The first is the index card, which is used to quantify the amount information needed to encapsulate the particular story (enough to fit on an index card). Then, you have the plot, which charts the trip. And finally, you have the outcome or conclusion.

Why write an agile story? Because those that don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat their failures. For more information on this topic, watch the full video featuring Lee Henson.