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Summary: Great book for getting up to speed on User Stories & Agile
Comment: Mike does a great job explaining user stories and agile principles. Very readable and even enjoyable. This book concerns itself mainly with the 'ideal' situation: brand new product development, and does not focus on other nuances such as improvements to existing products, customer-reported defects, validated environments. That's not a criticism, as this book isn't supposed to be the unabridged encyclopedia of user stories, but I plan to read some of Mike's other books... where, hopefully, he will cover such topics
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Summary: Change how you talk with Customers!
Comment: Writing usable requirements in Agile spaces. Yet another well crafted message suggesting how to modify the method of eliciting requirements into something that makes sense from the perspective of the customer. Use the customer's language! Mike makes it simple, uses simple examples, and offers a clear path of application should one choose to traverse. The use of user stories moves the focus of customer relationships from filling out documentation .. to creating and managing a relationship and expectations through customer accessible language.
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Summary: "The" book on User Stories - Excellent, well written, right length
Comment: I work for a consulting company that trains in both agile methods as well as more antiquated lean UP. I was looking for "the" book on user stories. If I wanted to recommend "the" book for use cases, it was "Writing Effective Use Cases" by Alistair Cockburn.
I received this book on Tuesday and had finished reading it by Thursday. It is very well laid out, the chapters are the right length, it has excellent recommendations and it is simply well written.
I'm teaching a class on Agile Requirements Exploration on the 1/22/07 and it will be this book I recommend for further study. It's all someone needs to understand the essence of user stories.
I learned quite a bit reading this book and if you're looking for "the" book on user stories, look no further.
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Summary: Good, but next is better
Comment: This book has some good stuff in it, especially the INVEST criteria for a good Story. But as far as practical application, Mike's other book, Agile Estimating and Planning, is better.
If you are a business or requirements analyst or a Product Owner, get this one. If you are a ScrumMaster, get both.
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Summary: Don't be confused.
Comment: This book is not about testimonials, this book is about using User Stories (Index Cards) on an Agile Project. It's a very good explanation of user stories.
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