User Stories that Don’t Kill Creativity and Collaboration

What is fascinating about the User Story is that it’s an open-ended framework that can be used well or it can be used poorly. The most important thing is keeping the User Story in problem space and to link it back to your value proposition and problem scenarios. Two reasons for that:

  • It helps to debug when something goes wrong by tracking back to the origins of the story and what problem it meant to address
  • It facilitates the important discussion with the team so they can reach a shared understanding of what the problem is and together conclude what is the best way to solve it

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