User Story Maps

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    5 Agile Estimation Tips To Help With Backlog Prioritization

    These five agile estimation techniques help prioritize a backlog so sprint planning is simple and fast. The bottom line? The most important work goes first.

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    The Ultimate Guide to Agile Retrospectives [2023]

    To stay agile, you need to keep evaluating your team’s approach. Enter the retrospective. This is a key meeting to help gain critical insights from each sprint.

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    The Ultimate Guide to User Story Mapping [2023 Guide]

    The essential guide for agile teams who want to use user story maps. From user story mapping definitions and steps, to tools, examples, and tips for success.

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    Performance Testing Live Updates with Atlassian's DC Performance Toolkit

    Before releasing TeamRhythm Retrospective Live Updates to Server and DC customers, Easy Agile undertook rigorous load testing with Atlassian's DC Performance Toolkit.

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    How Ubisoft fosters focused creativity with Easy Agile

    Discover how Ubisoft fosters focused creativity across globally distributed teams with Jira plugin, Easy Agile TeamRhythm.

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    Agile Ceremonies: Your Ultimate Guide To the Four Stages

    Agile ceremonies are a framework for productive teamwork in product development. To do them well, you need to understand the methodology behind each step.

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    How to Make the Most of Your Sprint Goals

    To set a realistic sprint goal, set a clear definition of done and a clear understanding of why the goal matters. Keep these three other tips in mind.

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    Lyft boosts velocity by 20% with digital user story maps

    Why Lyft choose Easy Agile for their digital user story mapping.

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    The Ultimate Agile Sprint Planning Guide [2023]

    Agile sprint planning sets up the success of each sprint. A great sprint planning session involves prioritizing backlog items and identifying your team capacity.

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    How to Approach Your Agile Release Plan for Successful Development

    No matter what feature it’s for, an agile release plan should involve the whole team. Here’s how to create a release plan with smooth and collaborative sprints.

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    How to Play Planning Poker and Involve the Whole Team in Estimates

    Planning poker drives team collaboration, whether team members are local or remote. Plus, it’s a fun, simple way to accurately plan your sprints.

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    Use Cases vs. User Stories: How They Differ and When to Use Them

    While software development doesn’t favor use cases vs. user stories, use cases offer many advantages, including more context, a planning skeleton, and more.

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    How to Get the Most From the 4 Key Agile Meetings

    Agile meetings get everyone on the same page for an agile sprint or Scrum. To make them effective, keep empowering all voices and incorporating feedback.

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    9 Tips to Help You Ace Your Sprint Planning Meetings

    Sprint planning meetings are a key part of the Scrum process. Follow these six tips to make sure this meeting prepares your team well for each sprint.

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    Become a Successful Scrum Master With These 6 Tips

    A great Scrum Master is a skilled communicator who knows their team well and encourages continuous feedback. Here’s how to successfully lead your Scrum team.

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    Jira Software Features for Product Owners and Development Teams

    Jira Software is an agile project management tool that helps development teams plan, track, and release products within frameworks including Kanban and Scrum.

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    5 Steps to Holding Effective Sprint Retrospectives

    To get the most out of sprint retrospectives, make sure you’re holding retrospectives regularly, hearing all perspectives, and leaving with action items.

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    How To Handle Sprint Planning Meetings Like a Pro

    Thoughtful Sprint Planning meetings are key to a project’s success. At this 1-2 hour event, the Scrum team discusses the components of an upcoming sprint.

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    Sprint Backlog 101: Never Stop Refining

    A sprint backlog should be continually updated to reflect market changes and customer needs. Here’s how sprint backlogs and their updates fit into agile teams.

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    Essential Checklist for Effective Backlog Refinement (and What To Avoid)

    Backlog refinement, a must-do for any agile team that doesn’t want to waste money, keeps the backlog updated and accurate. Here’s what to do and avoid in the process.

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    12 Steps To Getting a Rock-Solid Agile Workflow

    To get the most out of your agile workflow, you need to adapt it for your team. Learn how to do this and 11 other agile workflow tips.

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    Using Epics: Agile Teams Maximize Performance With This Tool

    When creating epics, agile teams need to take a broader look at how large blocks of work fit together. An epic can then be divided into smaller tasks.

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    Story Points: definition, how-to & why they matter

    What are user story points and how do you estimate them? Learn everything you need to know about story points for agile teams.

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    Why User Story Mapping?

    Why is user story mapping so popular? In this post we cover why you should consider running story mapping sessions with your team and how to get started building your first story map.

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    The Difference Between a Flat Product Backlog and a User Story Map

    What A User Story Map Achieves that a Flat Product Backlog Can’t

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    Anatomy of an Agile User Story Map

    Visualise the customer journey with user story mapping.

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