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I want to implement user stories in a new project where can i find a good template or other ones used in agile development?

Oscar Cabrero
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The best template I have found is:

As a <user> I want to <do something> so that <I can accomplish goal>.
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See the Nine boxes technique to elaborate your user stories. It's not really a template per se, but it leads to filling the "as a user, I want ... so that ..." template, which is very efficient. Mike Cohn is explaining this better than I would.

It also allows to discover non-functional requirements (the ilities).

EDIT: the original link to the nine-boxes page is now cybersquatted but the page is available on the internet archive.

Tony
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  • The supplied Nine boxes link is broken. Here's one that I found that seems to be good: http://www.agilecoach.net/coach-tools/the-nine-boxes/ – Jon Turner Nov 01 '10 at 17:56
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Alistair Cockburn has a use-case template. Dan North adopts it to user stories.

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a better one that focuses user's goal more is:

In order to <accomplish a goal>, as a <user> I want to <do something>

this format encourages everyone to think about what the user is trying to achieve and can hint your team to change user's role or rethink the whole US.

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Remember that the meat of a User Story is in the conversation with the Customer, and in the automated acceptance test: http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/expCardConversationConfirmation.htm

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