{"id":60,"date":"2013-09-02T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caroli.org\/en\/user-stories-and-business-hypothesis\/"},"modified":"2021-01-26T20:02:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T19:02:49","slug":"user-stories-and-business-hypothesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caroli.org\/en\/user-stories-and-business-hypothesis\/","title":{"rendered":"User Stories and Business Hypothesis"},"content":{"rendered":"


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<\/b>As I find myself diving deeper into the Lean Start up and the Lean Analytics world, I start questioning some of the Agile practices that been\u00a0 have followed me on every single Agile project I worked on. For instance: the User Story.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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As a < type of user >, <\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
I want < some goal > <\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
so that < some reason >.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This User Story format was created by Mike Cohn years ago [Users Stories Applied<\/a>], and ever since it has used by many Agile teams. Typically, a Product Backlog has a list of User Stories to be worked on.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Nevertheless there is another kind of work which Lean enthusiastic are bringing to everyone\u2019s attention: \u00a0hypothesis. <\/span><\/div>\n
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H<\/span><\/i>ypothesis<\/span><\/i>is a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I have learned the following representation from Alison Vale<\/a> and Rodrigode Toledo<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Basically I was seeking a better template for a hypothesis. The User Story format was not working for this one. I need a good format to describe the ?, the -> and the ! \u2013 my hypothesis, the work needed in order to get this hypothesis in play, and the way to validate the results.<\/span><\/div>\n
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So here is my recommendation for a simple and generic hypothesis format:<\/span><\/div>\n
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If < I do this > then < this will happen ><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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I am currently calling these Business Hypothesis (please share if you have a better name for it). It includes the ?, the -> and the !; being the ? and the ! explicitly on the text, and\u00a0 the -> should be handled as details for that hypothesis. This is similarly to User Stories, where the implementation details are not contemplated on the format as a\u2026 I want to\u2026 so that\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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This has been working well for the teams I worked with. Please share your experience with hypothesis. Has this or other formats worked well for you? <\/span><\/div>\n

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