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Defining Requirement Types: Traditional vs. Use Cases vs. User Stories

Charles Suscheck explains the differences between traditional requirements, use cases, and user stories by describing and providing an example of each.

Write a Blockbuster Using User Scenarios
Big projects require many little user stories. But if these scenarios don't add up to one good story, then you're probably missing out on the big picture. In this week's column, Jeff Patton describes how his team weaves many small tales into a single strong report by identifying key characters and themes.

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Telling Better User Stores
While the idea of a user story is simple on the surface, there are challenges to working with them. User story mapping is a useful way to organize, decompose, and prioritize user stories.
A Story About User Stories and Test-Driven Development: Into the Field
Drawing on real events from the authors' combined experience, this story picks up where it left off in the November 2007 issue and follows a fictional team as it encounters some of the pitfalls of using test-driven development.
A Story About User Stories and Test-Driven Development: The Setup
While "testing" is part of its name, many TDD pundits insist TDD is not a testing technique, but rather a technique that helps to focus one's design thinking. Drawing on real events from the authors' combined experience, this story follows a fictional team as it encounters some of the pitfalls of using test-driven development.

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