A Guide to Effective Communication Between Stakeholders and the Delivery Team

User Stories are experiments that propose hypotheses about how the world works.

It is crucial for stories to be relatively small, not because they need to fit into an iteration, but because the world should continue if a story turns out to be incorrect.

Confirming the assumptions made by stakeholders and the delivery team is critical to ensuring the project’s success.

User Stories are not definitive requirements but represent a starting point for discussions. They present a question rather than a solution. They are based on assumptions about business value, which may sometimes be inaccurate and can be proven right or wrong.

User stories serve as a contract between stakeholders and the delivery team, indicating that both parties will meet to discuss the details.

Creating a user story is a commitment to work together and discuss the delivery of a particular item or service.

It’s important to note that the user story title should reflect the desired outcome, but it doesn’t have to start with “As a user” every time. For example, if the feature is email notification, the title should reflect that.