life cycle of an agile user story

Michelle D’Souza mdsouza@thoughtworks.comBrandon Byars bbyars@thoughtworks.com

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As a nurse, I want to have to enter my password before seeing patient data, so that we don’t disclose patient information to unauthorized users.

As a <role>I want <feature>So that <business value>

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Story Points◦ Size matters, not duration◦ Story points are relative◦ Size can be based on several factors

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T-Shirt Sizing (S, M, L)

Exponential (1, 2, 4, 8)

Fibonacci series (1, 2, 3, 5, 8)

1 – Rhode Island8 – Texas2 – Ohio3 – Nebraska5 – Nevada3 / 5 - Oregon

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As a Customer,

I want to log out

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As a Customer,

I want to log out

1

As a Marketing Manager,

I want to display the top 5 Books that are on special every week,

So that I can promote company sales offers8

As a Marketing Manager,

I want to display the top 5 Books that are on special every week,

So that I can promote company sales offers8

As a Customer,

I want to add a book to my Shopping Cart

As a Customer,

I want to add a book to my Shopping Cart

As a Sales Manager,

I want to see the number of orders completed per month,

So that I can track online sales numbers

As a Sales Manager,

I want to see the number of orders completed per month,

So that I can track online sales numbers

As a Customer,

I want to search for a book by title,

So that I can find a book quickly online

As a Customer,

I want to search for a book by title,

So that I can find a book quickly online

As a Customer,

I want to store my credit card online,

So that I can make multiple purchases quickly

As a Customer,

I want to store my credit card online,

So that I can make multiple purchases quickly

As a Customer,

I want to fill in a Suggestion Form

So that I can leave feedback for the vendors

As a Customer,

I want to fill in a Suggestion Form

So that I can leave feedback for the vendors

As a Customer,

I want to delete a book from my Shopping Cart

So that I can remove unwanted items from my cart

As a Customer,

I want to delete a book from my Shopping Cart

So that I can remove unwanted items from my cart

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Given I am logged in as a user in the administrator role And There are 3 vendors When I go to the manage vendors page Then I should see the first 3 vendor names

Given /there are (\d+) vendors/i do |n|

Vendor.transaction do

Vendor.destroy_all

n.to_i.times do |n|

Factory.create(:vendor, :business_name => "Vendor #{n}")

end

end

end

Given /there are (\d+) vendors/i do |n|

Vendor.transaction do

Vendor.destroy_all

n.to_i.times do |n|

Factory.create(:vendor, :business_name => "Vendor #{n}")

end

end

end

Michelle D’Souza mdsouza@thoughtworks.comBrandon Byars bbyars@thoughtworks.com