A Practical Guide To User Stories & Requirements

In this episode Dave Farley dives deep into one reason why so many software projects fail to deliver real value, highlighting the common pitfalls of traditional requirements. He explores the importance of focusing on user needs through user stories—showing how they foster better collaboration, clarity, and incremental value in software development. You’ll learn practical techniques for splitting large stories, avoiding overly technical tasks disguised as user stories, and how to ensure your features truly meet user expectations. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or new to agile methodologies, this tutorial will guide you in crafting effective user stories that keep your projects on track. Dave shares real-world examples, common mistakes to avoid, and how to balance technical needs with user-focused outcomes. Perfect for those interested in software engineering, requirements engineering, and continuous delivery, this episode is a must-watch for anyone aiming to enhance their development workflow in Java, Python, C#, Rust, and more. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share your thoughts on how you use user stories in your projects! - ⭐ PATREON: Join the Continuous Delivery community and access extra perks & content! ➡️ https://bit.ly/ContinuousDeliveryPatreon 🎥 Join Us On TikTok ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@modern.s.engineering - CHANNEL SPONSORS: Tuple is a remote ensemble and pair programming app for macOS and Windows, designed to make you feel like you're collaborating in person. It’s got loads of developer-specific touches you just don’t see with generic screen-sharing tools. Check out Tuple HERE ➡️ https://tuple.app/cd Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 TransFICC provides low-latency connectivity, automated trading workflows and e-trading systems for Fixed Income and Derivatives. TransFICC resolves the issue of market fragmentation by providing banks and asset managers with a unified low-latency, robust and scalable API, which provides connectivity to multiple trading venues while supporting numerous complex workflows across asset classes such as Rates and Credit Bonds, Repos, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Interest Rate Swaps ➡️ https://transficc.com Honeycomb is the observability platform that enables engineering teams to find and solve problems they couldn’t before. Query everything at once, fast enough to keep your train of thought, and connect your whole system and your teams ➡️ https://bit.ly/CDHC - 👕 T-SHIRTS: A fan of the T-shirts I wear in my videos? Grab your own, at reduced prices EXCLUSIVE TO CONTINUOUS DELIVERY FOLLOWERS! Get money off the already reasonably priced t-shirts! 🔗 Check out their collection HERE: ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Uby9iA 🚨 DON'T FORGET TO USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE: ContinuousDelivery - BOOKS: 📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is available as paperback, or kindle here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 and NOW as an AUDIOBOOK available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible. 📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines 📖 "The Software Developer's Guidebook" ➡️ https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook 📖 "Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories" - Gojko Adzic & David Evans ➡️ https://amzn.to/3jXM481 📖 "User Story Mapping" - Jeff Patton ➡️ https://amzn.to/3TDZGXa NOTE: If you click on one of the Amazon Affiliate links and buy the book, Continuous Delivery Ltd. will get a small fee for the recommendation with NO increase in cost to you. - #software #softwareengineering #developer #programming #code