User Stories Foundations Professional (USFP)
User Stories are a key tool for communication between development teams and stakeholders. This course provides essential foundations on how to use user stories to define and build
products or services that deliver real value, encouraging collaboration, clarity, and adaptability in complex projects. The User Stories Foundations Professional (USFP) course teaches how user stories become the core of requirement management in agile methodologies, creating a strong link between user needs and delivered solutions.
ADDRESSED TO
This course is designed for anyone interested in using user stories in agile projects. It is especially beneficial for people working with frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, or other
adaptive approaches, as well as those involved in the product or service development value chain: analysts, developers, designers, testers, product owners, project managers, and more.
PURPOSE
This certification aims to provide professionals with the knowledge to:
- Understand the benefits of using user stories in uncertain environments.
- Apply multiple methods to write clear and effective user stories.
- Validate that a story meets the INVEST model attributes.
- Guide conversations and collaboration through meaningful stories.
- Split large stories into small, manageable parts.
- Align stories with the product’s value proposition.
- Use user stories as tools for estimation, prioritization, testing, and delivery.
MAIN TOPICS
The course is structured progressively, covering core principles and advanced techniques for effective user story practices:
Introduction
- What are user stories?
- User stories as a new approach to requirements.
- User Story Fundamentals
- Definition, benefits, and connection to agility.
- Core characteristics and classic structure.
Techniques and Representation
- How to write, represent, and discuss stories.
- The INVEST model for effective stories:
- Independent
- Negotiable
- Valuable
- Estimable
- Small (Succinct)
- Testable
Story Splitting
- From epics to user stories.
- Effective splitting patterns.
- Variations by user type, browser, platform, etc.
- Managing dependencies.
Testing and Validation
- Designing testable user stories.
- Practical ideas for user story testing.
Dysfunctions and Best Practices
- Common dysfunctions in agile teams using stories.
- Team criteria for improving story quality.
Details
Duration:
Number of questions:
Minimum passing:
Pre Requirements:
No
Available languages:
Third chance (free):
Take your exam online.
$150.00
