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Scrum User Story Workshop

Duration: 15 hours (5 sessions, each 3 hours; minimum 1 session per week). Audience: Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, UX Designers, Project Managers, and anyone involved in Agile product development. Course Overview What’s This Course About? User stories are at …

Track
Crash Course Series
Duration
15 hour
Format
Schools, cohorts, or programme teams
Price
75 €

Overview

What this module covers

Duration: 15 hours (5 sessions, each 3 hours; minimum 1 session per week). Audience: Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, UX Designers, Project Managers, and anyone involved in Agile product development. Course Overview What’s This Course About? User stories are at …

Learning outcomes

What learners should be able to do

6 outcomes
  • 1

    Understand User Stories – Learn their different types structure, purpose, and role in Agile development, including user acceptance tests.

  • 2

    Master Story Writing – End user Modeling, and Writing user stories to clearly capture and validate end user roles’ requirements.

  • 3

    Prioritize with Impact – Use techniques like Kano Model and WSJF to prioritize effectively.

  • 4

    Refine & Improve – Optimize end user role business value of the user stories through backlog refinement, and user story splitting patterns.

  • 5

    Apply Agile Mindset – Develop a Scrum-focused approach to user story creation and management.

  • 6

    Understand user stories – What they are, why they matter, and how they fit into Scrum.

Module content

Course description

Duration:

15 hours (5 sessions, each 3 hours; minimum 1 session per week).

Audience:

Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, UX Designers, Project Managers, and anyone involved in Agile product development.

Course Overview

What’s This Course About?

User stories are at the heart of Agile development, helping teams organize the ideation workshop in clear phases. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to collaboratively ideate, write, refine, and prioritize user stories using Scrum best practices. By the end, you’ll be able to craft clear, actionable, and valuable user stories that drive successful Agile projects, by pinpointing end user roles core requirements.

Course Goals:

  • Understand User Stories – Learn their different types structure, purpose, and role in Agile development, including user acceptance tests.
  • Master Story Writing – End user Modeling, and Writing user stories to clearly capture and validate end user roles’ requirements.
  • Prioritize with Impact – Use techniques like Kano Model and WSJF to prioritize effectively.
  • Refine & Improve – Optimize end user role business value of the user stories through backlog refinement, and user story splitting patterns.
  • Apply Agile Mindset – Develop a Scrum-focused approach to user story creation and management.

Learning Path

Session 1: Introduction to User Stories

  • Understand user stories – What they are, why they matter, and how they fit into Scrum.

Session 2: Writing Effective User Stories

  • Learn the INVEST criteria – Writing clear, independent, and testable stories.

Session 3: Backlog Refinement & Story Splitting

  • Break down large stories – Techniques for refining and splitting complex user stories.

Session 4: Prioritization & Estimation Techniques

  • Rank stories effectively – Using Kano model, WSJF, and Agile estimation techniques.

Session 5: Applying User Stories in Scrum

  • Use stories in real projects – Practical exercises on user stories, acceptance criteria, and Sprint Planning.

Class Reference: CCS/SUSW

Form Updated on: 02/13/2025 (Version 1)
Last Modified on: 02/13/2025

Program Information:

This workshop incorporates the latest Scrum practices and is continuously updated to reflect real-world Agile development challenges.

Brief pédagogique en français

Scrum User Story Workshop est présenté ici en version synthétique française afin que les équipes pédagogiques puissent évaluer rapidement l'intérêt du module.

Le module s'inscrit dans la famille Séries intensives. Il peut être adapté au calendrier de l'école, au niveau Tous niveaux, au volume horaire 15 h et aux modalités d'évaluation prévues.

Objectif d'intervention

Ce module vise à faire pratiquer les méthodes Agile dans des situations de projet réalistes.

Livrables et activités possibles

  • rituels Scrum, backlog, sprint planning et rétrospectives
  • communication de projet, priorisation et coordination d'équipe
  • livrables évaluables pour simuler une équipe produit ou delivery

Adaptation école

LC peut ajuster le déroulé, la langue d'enseignement, les supports, les exercices et les critères d'évaluation selon la promotion, le diplôme, le niveau d'autonomie attendu et les contraintes de planning.

Pour une version détaillée du syllabus en français, LC confirme le programme final après cadrage du niveau, des heures, du calendrier et des livrables attendus.

Academic delivery team

Instructor matching for this module

After reviewing the module content, LC confirms the right delivery profile by topic, level, teaching language and assessment expectations.

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André-Alexis des ForgesLead

Lead trainer & academic programme coordinator

André-Alexis des Forges

Lead trainer for LC's higher-education delivery model, coordinating modules, instructor preparation and assessment continuity across business, IT and technical programmes.

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Meriam Mbindyo

AI, data & software instructor

Meriam Mbindyo

Instructor for AI, data, DevOps, Agile and software modules, with experience across Paris-based IT and business schools.

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