Jason Test

“Stories about backend services or security issues can be challenging. I see people writing and thinking about things from their own perspective, not that of the people who ultimately benefit: “as a product owner, I want you to build a file uploader so that the customer requirements are met.” Nasty things like that.”
― Jeff Patton, User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product

“Use the goal-level concept to help you aggregate small tasks or decompose large tasks.”
― Jeff Patton, User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product

“The man who came with the barrow told us the mail had set him down the morning before at the Royal George, that he had inquired what inns there were along the coast, and hearing ours well spoken of, I suppose, and described as lonely, had chosen it from the others for his place of residence. And that was all we could learn of our guest.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

“A sea-level task is one we’d expect to complete before intentionally stopping to do something else.”
― Jeff Patton, User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product