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Discussion on: Groom User Stories Your Delivery Team Won’t Hate

 
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Igor Barsi

Oh, I always imagined QA being part of the Scrum team (ie. daily communication, attend all ceremonies, etc). If we also assume that they are then involved in grooming, they'll have a say in defining what the story's expectations are. All that is fine and good, but as time passes I'm sure some of that context will be lost so signals could get mixed.

I'm not advocating for overly precise specification, but just enough!

What I've seen a lot in the past are stories that are one or two sentences that are asking for full login support with error handling and multiple sign in options. That's when things get hairy as we transition from spec, to implementation, to testing and acceptance.

One counter argument there would be breaking up stories so they could be effectively captured in a few sentences 🙂