Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. EST of Unit 4.
Points: 100
Overview:
In this assignment, you will explore the benefit of user stories in the product backlog and
how the velocity metric is used within the project. Writing good user stories for the
product backlog is a fundamental skill. The key method in Scrum of entering
requirement like statements in the form of User Stories and estimating the size of user
stories, the size of tasks, and the velocity of sprints provides development artifacts to
facilitate planning and discussion.
Instructions:
• Explain the impact of User Stories.
o How are good user stories written?
o What does a good user story look like?
o How is the effectiveness of a user story measured?
• How does velocity add value in managing team performance and project
outcomes?
Assignment Guidelines:
• Three pages in length, excluding the Title and Reference page.
• APA format, including in-text citations for referenced works.
• At least two resources.
Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper will be evaluated, before you
write, and again after you write.
PMG652 – Agile Project Management
w/Scrum Marketing
Unit 4 Assignment: User Stories
Evaluation Rubric for User Stories Assignment
CRITERIA Deficient
Needs
Improvement
Proficient
Exemplary
0–20 Points 21-27 Points 28–34 Points 35 Points
User Stories
Explanation
Explanation is
missing or
inadequate.
Explanation
somewhat
addresses
impact of user
stories; missing
at least one key
detail.
Explanation
mostly
addresses
impact of user
stories; missing
minor details.
Explanation fully
addresses
impact of user
stories.
Velocity Analysis Analysis of
velocity is
missing or
inadequate.
Analysis
provides insight
into how velocity
adds value;
missing at least
one major detail.
Analysis
provides insight
into how velocity
adds value;
missing minor
details.
Analysis
provides insight
into how velocity
adds value.
0 – 5 Points 6 – 7 Points 8 – 9 Points 10 Points
Resources 0 resources 1 resource 2 resources More than 2
resources
Paper Length Less than 1 full
page or more
than 3 pages.
1 page 2 pages 3 pages
Clear and
Professional
Writing and
APA Format
Errors impede
professional
presentation;
guidelines not
followed.
Significant
errors that do
not impede
professional
presentation.
Few errors that
do not impede
professional
presentation.
Writing and
format is clear,
professional,
APA compliant,
and error free.
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