User stories are useful but they're not essential. Here are 9 tweets to help every product manager create stories that actually help the team 🧵 ⬇️
How to write good user stories so you can stop confusing your developers (@SimplyAzodo):
Dear Product Managers,
— The Azodo 🇺🇦 (@SimplyAzodo) January 20, 2022
Give me 2 minutes and I will teach you how to write good User Stories so you can stop confusing your developers!
A short thread 👇
Don't confuse completing tasks with attaining goals (@PavelASamsonov):
People writing user stories confuse "users want to [complete task] in order to [attain goal]" with "users want to [perform step] in order to [complete task]."
— Pavel A. Samsonov (@PavelASamsonov) August 20, 2019
Nobody goes home satisfied that they submitted a form. What did they accomplish? How did the form fit into their story?
User stories are discovered, not invented or "written" (@allenholub):
User stories are discovered, not invented or "written." Have a conversation with your customer/users about their work—what they do and why they do it. Take notes on a card. That’s your story.
— Allen Holub (@allenholub) May 24, 2021
A PO sitting alone at a desk "writing stories" is dysfunction, plain and simple.
It's not about personas vs. JTBD vs user stories. It's about whatever makes sense for the problem you're trying to solve (@feadog):
What UX designers get wrong is that it's not personas vs. JTBD vs. user stories or whatever. It's about whatever framework or model makes sense for the problem you're trying to solve. You don't have to pick one, then defend it with your dying breath.
— Kim Bieler (@feadog) May 11, 2020
Are you sure your user stories are actually user stories? (@neil_killick):
Biggest reason I encounter for why folks can't slice their user stories is that they're actually not user stories. They are solutions, tasks, or not representing an e2e user capability.
— Neil Killick (@neil_killick) January 5, 2018
The original purpose of user stories (@StokesXandra):
OH: "I really would like them raise a Jira ticket that says 'Come and talk to me, I got this thing I want to ask you' "
— Alexandra Stokes (@StokesXandra) December 4, 2019
My reply: That was the original purpose of User Stories
Stop thinking that user stories need a format (@chethendrickson):
Maybe a better User Story format: stop thinking that User Stories need a format and just talk to each other.
— chet hendrickson (@chethendrickson) February 11, 2020
The number one reason for using post-its for user stories (@gojkoadzic):
#1 reason for using post-its for user stories: if it's not done when the glue dries up so much to fall down from the wall, it's obsolete
— Gojko Adzic (@gojkoadzic) August 22, 2017
Maslow's hierarchy of user stories (@zakgreant):
Maslow’s hierarchy of user stories … pic.twitter.com/O3Srn22FeD
— Zak Greant (@zakgreant) January 29, 2016
That's it! If you enjoyed this, please: 1. Retweet the first tweet, it really helps! 2. Follow me @tobiasrogers for more tweets and threads about product management, creativity and innovation. Thanks for reading 🙏
Summary: Nine tweets to help you discover users stories that actually help your team get the work done. From @SimplyAzodo, @PavelASamsonov, @feadog, and others.
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