why short user stories are a competitive advantage and how they lead to continuous shipping

Allan BergerDesign & UX, Co-Founder & CCO

Why Short User Stories are a Competitive Advantage

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What is a user story?

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Competitive Advantage

Release earlier & often

Earlier market feedback

Iterate on learnings

Higher quality support & response times

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Dimensional Planning

How does it work?

Dirt Road

Cobblestone Road

Asphalted Road

Highway

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Example: Login Form

Dirt Road: Input Fields & Submit Button

Cobblestone Road: Autofill

Asphalted Road: Save Password

Highway: User Avatar

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Apply to multiple Areas

Content Marketing

Design & UX

Code

Feature Development

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Ask yourself if the effort is applicable

Is it worth it to build the Cobblestone Road now? !

Shall we rather build a Highway Version of a heavy used feature? !

Do we need an Asphalted Road of this code part? !

Does the customer gain benefit if we ship just the Dirt Road now?

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Would this version of the product deliver more value to the customer than the one that’s currently live?

Mindset to ship continuously

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Thank you