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What Are Agile Story Points? Story points are perhaps the most misunderstood topic in agile. Story points are not based on just …
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Non-functional Requirements as User Stories When writing user stories, how should agile teams handle non-functional requirements—desired …
Epics, Features and User Stories I've been getting more and more emails lately from people confused about the difference between …
8 Reasons Scrum Is Hard to Learn (but Worth It) Transitioning to Scrum is worth it, but some aspects are challenging.
Advantages of User Stories over Requirements and Use Cases At the surface, user stories appear to have much in common with use cases and traditional …