User Stories & Requirements

B1 · Intermediate1 hr 6 minIT & TechnologyLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: turn a vague feature request into a proper user story — persona, action, benefit — with acceptance criteria the team can test.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: As a user, I want…

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Writing User Stories

    Read a 221-word text about Writing User Stories

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Requirements Vocabulary

    7 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: INVEST Criteria for User Stories

    INVEST, 6 steps

  4. Reading10 min

    Reading: From vague request to ready story

    Read a 256-word text about From vague request to ready story

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: User Story Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Refining a User Story

    Role-play: You're discussing a user story with the product owner during backlog refinement (6 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: fog into story

    3 discussion questions

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