1. making small stories

2. Dev and QA not done in a single sprint

3. INVEST in good stories
“I” Independent
“N” Negotiable
“V” Valuable
“E” Estimable
“S” Small
“T” Testable
what are some real world challenges you face?

4. 9 patterns for splitting stories
1rst story
2nd story
workflow steps
Publish to web site
Publish with editor review
business rule variations
Search flights with flexible dates
“n” days between x and y
major effort
Pay for flight with all major credit cards
Pay with one credit card
simple/complex
Search for flights between two destinations
Specify max number of stops
variations in data
I can create news articles
In English…French
data entry variations
I can search for flights with flexible dates
Using a fancy calendar UI
defer performance
Search for flights
In under 5 secs
Operations
Sign up for account
Edit Account
break out a spike
Investigate credit card processing
Implement

5. let’s do an exercise