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Add consistent front-matter schema to CLAUDE.md and GROK.md, including title, date, topics, related articles, and abstracts. Apply similar front-matter to draft files (agile-stories.md, uses-and-abuses.md) and published articles (Agile-Or-Whatever-You-Call-It.md, Testers-As-Explorers.md, etc.) to improve indexing, searchability, and cross-referencing. Ensure topics use a controlled vocabulary and abstracts capture core theses.
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title: Agile Stories
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date: 2025-04-07
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topics: [agile, requirements, storytelling]
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related:
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- agile-or-whatever-you-call-it
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abstract: An exploration of user stories through the lens of actors, objects, and purposes, and what this reveals about the true nature of Agile practices.
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# Agile Stories
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## What Is The Story?
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Three Questions:
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* Who is asking for something?
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* What are they asking for?
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* WHY do they want it?
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This covers off the three aspects of business value:
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* To whom are we providing value?
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* With what are we providing value?
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* What value is being provided?
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There are three categories of thought this can be grouped into:
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* Actors
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* Objects
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* Purposes
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An actor is anyone we interact with, who intends to derive something of value from us.
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An object is any “thing” we intend to use, to provide value
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A purpose is the value we intend to provide.
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All good stories must answer all three questions.
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## How Big Is The Story?
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This is where estimating comes in. Estimation involves:
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* Effort - The degree of difficulty or amount of work expected during the development process. This should include testing.
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* Complexity - The number of elements, their relationships, their interdependencies, and the amount of research needed, to complete the story.
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* Risk - The scope of the “unknowns” of the story; external dependencies; potential problem areas; amount of experience with the technologies involved; etc.
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These factors constitute a relative measure of story size, not an objective one (like height, weight, or volume).
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