Product Backlog & User Stories

How Detailed should the Product Backlog be?

The product backlog is a great tool. But using it effectively can be difficult. One of the challenges is to…

9 years ago

The Product Roadmap and the Product Backlog

The product backlog is a great tool to capture ideas and requirements. But it is less suited to describe how…

10 years ago

From Personas to User Stories

User stories are a powerful technique to capture the product functionality from the perspective of a user or customer. But…

10 years ago

How to Choose the Right Product Validation Technique in Scrum

Scrum employs the product demo as its default technique to understand if the right product with the right features is…

11 years ago

User Stories are Not Enough for a Great User Experience

Creating a product with a great user experience requires more than just user stories. While capturing the product functionality is…

11 years ago

5 Common User Story Mistakes

User stories are a simple, yet effective way to communicate how a user or customer employs a product. But writing…

12 years ago

Nonfunctional Requirements

This post discusses nonfunctional requirements such as performance, robustness, and interoperability, and the Ford Shelby Mustang GT500.

12 years ago

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Backlog

The product backlog is an important tool: It lists the ideas and requirements necessary to create a product. But is…

12 years ago

Epics and Ready Stories

This post explains how to write user stories at the right level of detail, and how to derive small, ready…

12 years ago

The Product Canvas

This post introduces my Product Canvas, a simple but powerful tool that helps you create a product with a great…

12 years ago