Story Splitting

By Chris Sims | Published: October 15, 2018

Product owners often struggle to translate their big ideas into small user stories that the team can deliver in a sprint. When a user story is too big, it is harder to understand, estimate, and implement successfully. Some teams break the ‘business story’ into ‘technical stories’ but this doesn’t solve the problem because most or all of the technical stories need to be completed before there is anything meaningful for the stakeholders. This experiential session will give you hands-on experience with 4 simple, yet powerful techniques to break big stories into smaller stories that are meaningful to stakeholders and deliver business value. Participants write and split stories in small groups throughout this session. In his years of agile coaching, Chris has never found a story that could not be split using at least one of these techniques.

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This module is included in the following workshops:

  • Agile Product Manager
  • Bootstrapping Your Scrum Team
  • Brown Bag Sessions
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner
  • Custom Training
  • Mastering Agile Requirements
  • The Elements Of Scrum Workshop