About the course

The Art of Refinement – User Stories is a practical, example-driven course that teaches you how to turn unclear ideas into clear, valuable user stories your team can confidently deliver. You’ll learn how to structure, split, and refine stories so refinement becomes focused, collaborative, and predictable—reducing rework, improving estimates, and helping teams deliver real value every Sprint. By the end of the course, you’ll know exactly how to build a backlog that supports good conversations, better decisions, and outcomes your users actually care about.

You will confidently write user stories that are clear, testable, and focused on real user value instead of vague requirements.

You will know how to split large or unclear stories into right-sized, deliverable slices that fit cleanly into a Sprint.

You will turn refinement from a frustrating meeting into a focused, collaborative conversation that improves predictability.

You will recognize and avoid common user-story anti-patterns that lead to rework, poor estimates, and wasted effort.

You will use examples, scenarios, and acceptance criteria to align Developers, Product Owners, and stakeholders early.

You will build a Product Backlog that supports better decisions, smoother planning, and consistent delivery of value.

Topics in the Class

9 Chapters · 29 Lessons

  1. 1

    Module 0: Introduction

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Welcome

    2. Class Overview: Preparation Free preview
  2. 2

    Module 1: User Stories

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      An Overview of User Stories

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Why Use User Stories?

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Checkpoint

  3. 3

    Module 2: Writing User Stories

    1. Writing User Stories Free preview
    2. (Included in full purchase)

      INVEST in a User Story

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Checkpoint

  4. 4

    Module 3: Detailing User Stories

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Detailing User Stories

    2. Acceptance Criterias Free preview
    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Examples of User Stories with Acceptance Criteria

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Tips to Create Great Acceptance Criteria

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      Scenarios (Given, When, Then)

    6. (Included in full purchase)

      Examples of User Stories with Gherkin Scenarios

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      Tips to Create Great Gherkin Scenarios

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      Bonus Lesson: Specification by example

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      Bonus Lesson: Specification by example (Examples)

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      Checkpoint

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    Module 4: User Role Modeling

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      User Role Modeling

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      User Roles

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      User Role Modeling Workshop Steps

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    Module 5: Personas

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      Personas

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      Personas

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Checkpoint

  7. 7

    Module 6: Gathering Stories

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      Gathering Stories

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    Module 7: Writing Good User Stories

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      Writing Good User Stories

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    Bonus Lessons

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Story Anti Patterns

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Splitting Stories

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Examples

The Art of Refinement: High-Impact User Stories

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