How David killed Goliath – Are too-small User Stories killing your ability to deliver?

Colin Wren
Nov 2 · 4 min read
Are your User Stories preventing you from sprinting?

In my new role I’m dealing with not only an inherited codebase but also an inherited backlog of user stories, and some pretty tight delivery deadlines.

The team had initially taken the stories as being ‘sprint ready’ as it seemed to be a continuation of the previous team’s approach but unfortunately as we worked…

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Colin Wren

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Software Developer in Test at BJSS. Interested in Automated Testing, Dev practises, Metal, Chiptune. All views my own.

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