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Agile East Anglia: User Stories Explained

Date: Monday 6 February 2012

Time: 6pm

Location: The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1RQ

Agile developers seek to deliver valuable software early and often. They work closely with customers to figure out what's the most valuable increment of software to build next. In order to tease apart tangled and bulky requirements, agile teams want to understand user stories. Come to this talk to learn how to uncover user stories and underlying acceptance criteria. You'll also hear about some pitfalls to avoid.

Rachel Davies, Industrial Logic Europe Ltd.

Rachel is co-author of the first "Agile Coaching" book and the UK’s leading expert in coaching agile teams. She is director of Industrial Logic Europe, a company that specialise in Lean/Agile training, coaching, and eLearning. Rachel has over 20 years experience in software development and has been working with agile teams since 2000.

This is a free event sponsored by Smart 421. To register please email: paul.grenyer@gmail.com.

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  1. Here's the Smart 421 write-up of the event: http://smart421.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/agile-east-anglia-user-stories-explained/

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