One of the biggest challenges we have faced with Scrum is creating meaningful user stories for our backlog items. I recently came across an interesting article on "storycrafting".
Before
Need to get electronic patient signatures
After
Headline:
Get electronic patient signatures.
Story:
As a Nurse, I want to capture electronic patient signatures and related bar codes for better record keeping and billing.
Conditions of Satisfaction:
- Legal and financial disclosures are displayed.
- Bar codes captured (Patient ID, Items) and patient signature.
- Transaction is recorded.
via http://agile.techwell.com/articles/weekly/storycrafting-idea-action-face-unknowns
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