How to Define, Prioritize and Refine User Stories using the Product Backlog Building Canvas

by Paulo Caroli, Fábio Aguiar, Jeff Gothelf (Preface)

“This book helps teams that are pursuing backlog success to determine exactly how to build a cross functional, successful, and realistic backlog that delivers value, collects evidence, and updates the prioritization and the work being done in each Sprint, objectively and in a customer-centered way.” - Jeff Gothelf Many software teams describe desired product capabilities as a product a list of user stories. These stories capture who needs the work, what the work is, and why it’s needed. Too often teams expect a product owner to be the sole source of the backlog, but anyone could (and should) write user stories. A Product Backlog Building Canvas supports this by providing a simple process to develop user stories, starting with describing personas for product users and the activities they do. These activities yield their interactions with the product. Features are broken down into backlog items, which can then be formulated into user stories from the background of personas and activities. By incorporating the Product Backlog Building Canvas into your product development flow, and by following the steps presented in this book, you and your team will be able

164 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 23, 2023

About the author

Paulo Caroli é apaixonado por inovação, empreendedorismo e produtos digitais. Ele é engenheiro de software, autor, palestrante e um excelente facilitador.

Consultor principal da Thoughtworks e co-fundador da AgileBrazil, Paulo Caroli possui mais de vinte anos de experiência em desenvolvimento de software, trabalhando em diversas corporações no Brasil, Índia, EUA e América Latina. Em 2000, ele descobriu o Extreme Programming e, desde então, concentrou sua experiência em processos e práticas da Agile & Lean. Ele ingressou na ThoughtWorks em 2006 e ocupou os cargos de Agile Coach, Trainer, Project e Delivery Manager. Ele recebeu um Bacharel em Informática e MS em Engenharia de Software, ambos da PUC-Rio.