The Story Writer typically has a very well-organized Product Backlog.With the many Product Owners and Product Managers we have trained and coached in their daily practice, we’ve observed the following patterns in Product Owners that we would classify as Story Writers: When the increment does not produce the effect we are trying to achieve it is seen as a problem in the description spikes, designs and “research stories” are commonplace. Teams push back when work is not compliant with the definition of ready, which feels more like a contract than a handy checklist. Many conversations are about the details in the Product Backlog Item. It’s often in the language that you can detect a Story Writer. The Story Writer is also referred to as the scribe, secretary, business analyst, technical writer and note taker. ![]() The Story Writer, or scribe writes ideas and information on behalf of another, sometimes copying from another document, sometimes from oral instruction on behalf of an illiterate person, sometimes transcribing from another medium such as a tape recording, shorthand, or personal notes. Discussions with the Development Team and Stakeholders lead to an updated template or a simple statement: “The details are in the ticket.” Linking all previously known issues to this one, in progress, compare it to the definition of ready, next week. Logfiles, hmm still have to run that query. ![]() ![]() You’ve met them: slightly curved back, eyes glued to the screen, minimized font size and a 14 step template in Jira.
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