Date: March 10, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Holiday Inn Express - Marietta, 1250 Franklin Road, Marietta, GA 30067
Earn 7 PDUs!
Description:
The User Story Workshop is a full-day workshop for Business Analysts and Product Owners and anyone who will be involved in the writing of User Stories. The course focuses on how to gather Agile requirements and document them as User Stories. This is a very hands-on course and features many exercises that solidify key course concepts. Whenever possible real-world examples are brought in from the course participants work in order to jumpstart their next Agile project.
Course objectives:
1. Demonstrate how to create a product vision statement, so that I can establish a guiding light for the product, with the help of my stakeholders
2. Demonstrate how to establish user roles, so that I can ensure that I don’t miss an important stakeholder’s business need
3. Describe the User Story format, so that I can clearly comprehend the importance of each section.
4. Be able to understand the importance of quality Acceptance Criteria, so that I can produce effective User Stories
5. Practice writing user Stories, so that I am more comfortable when I start doing it for real
6. Explain how to tell a good user story from a bad one, so that I can create a better product backlog
7. Understand what the term “epic” means; so that when I write stories I understand how they can be at different levels
8. Understand the concept of story mapping, so that I can use it as a method to gather User Stories
Who should attend:
• Business Analysts
• Product Managers/Owners
• Anyone who will be involved in writing User Stories
Instructor: ERICK FLEMING, CSM, JCD, MCT, MSCD
Instructor Biography:
Erick Fleming, CSM, JCD, MCT, MSCD is a certified .NET and Java Developer with over 17 years of programming and training experience. Erick holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems from University of South Florida. Erick is an instructor for The Braintrust Consulting Group, a provider of complete project management solutions for a wide range of software related projects. Braintrust blends People, Process, Tools, and Training into one seamless formula in order to help their clients break through roadblocks, improve processes, meet deadlines, and exceed goals. In addition, Erick has spent most of his career training and consulting with organizations on technologies ranging from .NET and Java to Linux and other open source tools. Specializing in cloud-based web solutions. To contact Erick please e-mail him at erick.fleming@braintrustgroup.com.
Date: March 10, 2015
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location:
Holiday Inn Express - Marietta
1250 Franklin Road
Marietta, GA 30067
RSVP: March 8, 2015
Registration Fee:
$ 597 --- PMI Atlanta Chapter Member (standard rate), members receive an additional $50 off the class price. Reduced price is reflected upon registration.
**only open to PMI Atlanta Members**
Please note that walk-ins on the same day as class are not allowed. Registration must be completed on-line in advance of RSVP date provided in course description.
* For information on the event, please contact Scott Dunbar at BrainTrust Consulting Group. Refunds will be processed by BrainTrust Consulting Group.