Story Writing Workshop
From Vague Backlog Items to Actionable Stories
A hands-on workshop where teams work on their actual backlog: writing, splitting, detailing, and improving stories they can use the very next day.
- Focus on the story-writing issues your teams struggle with most.
- Spend the bulk of the session working on your own backlog items.
- Leave with stories that are written, refined, and sprint-ready.
What You'll Be Able to Do
Distinguish between user, job, and technical stories, and know when and how to use each.
Split large stories into smaller items without losing intent.
Add acceptance criteria and detail at the right time, by the right people.
Why Take a Story-Writing Workshop?
Before the session, we’ll host a call to learn what challenges your teams face and which topics matter most. On the day, we’ll cover those areas briefly, then dedicate the majority of time to working on your actual backlog. You’ll practice writing stories, splitting stories, adding acceptance criteria, and mapping stories to see how they fit together. Your team will leave with stories that everyone understands and that they can act on immediately.
A Unique, Interactive Learning Experience
Team Home is a collaboration platform that we designed for our courses. It is optimized for live, online training. Participants benefit by collaborating in ways beyond what is possible with generic whiteboard software such as Mural or Miro. Instructors can observe activity across all rooms, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of exercise debriefs.
Upcoming Public Training
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Our Instructor
Mountain Goat has handpicked instructors that share our training values. These are people with deep experience, who are leading teams with agile today and can give you real-world answers about what does and doesn’t work.
Mike Cohn
With 20+ years of agile training experience, Mike has honed a talent for explaining agile concepts with clear illustrations and real-life examples. Participants enjoy his passion for teaching the agile methodologies in a relatable and digestible way.
Read more...Mike is CEO of Mountain Goat Software, and one of the industry’s most well-respected Certified Scrum Trainers. He is the author of User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, Agile Estimating and Planning, and Succeeding with Agile. He is a co-founder and former board member of the Scrum Alliance, and a co-founder of the non-profit Agile Alliance, home of the Agile Manifesto.
Scrum Certifications include: CSM, CST, CSPO, A-CSM, CSP-SM, CSP-PO
Got a Question?
What happens when you contact us?
- We’ll get back to you in within a day.
- Answer your training questions and discuss any custom needs.
- Recommend the best agile training path for your teams and goals.
- Want to talk to someone? Schedule a call.