User Story Quiz

These are the answers to the user story quiz for the User Story Fundamentals Course here: https://backofficeclub.org/courses/business-analysis-fundamentals/

 

1. User stories were first a part of which agile methodology?

User stories were first a part of the extrmem programming agile methodology

2. Which of the following is NOT a part of a good user story?

User stories that focus on the system are not good user stories. The focus of all user stories should be the user, even if the user story improves a system the value for doing such is for the benefit of a user.

3. User story can be written and delivered to the team. User stories do not always need to be discussed first.

False. A user story always needs to be discussed with the team.

4. User stories once created should not be deleted.

False. User stories once created should be deleted if it is no longer needed. This can either be physically destroying the sticky note that the user story is on, or deleting the story from the agile tool such as Atlasssian’s Jira or  Azure DevOps or simply moving the user story to an archived location.

5. All user stories must be testable

True. All user stories must be testable. The acceptance criteria of the user story are the testing tests to make the user story was accomplished.

6. All use stories must bring value to the organization

False.  All user stories must bring value to the user. The user stories are not written for the organization, nor the managers nor the leadership. The user stories are written to bring value to the user that will benefit from whatever is being built.

7. Good user stories have acceptance criteria

Good user stories always have acceptance criteria.

8. What is true about why agile methodologies were invented? ( Select all that apply).

All apply. Agile methodologies  were invented becuase software projects were often being delivered over budget, were very costly, the teams could ot adapt to change and the end result often did not produce what the users expected.