Hi, I am Arnaud!
Freelancer software engineer
@arnolanglade
New feature is coming !
Product Manager
Call the banners! It’s time to discuss the new feature!
Product Manager
Software Engineers
Surviving the Long Meeting Marathon
bla... blabla...
We're burnt out
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Stay on Track! Avoiding Meeting Detours
It's just an idea, but next year we might do this. It could be great
Great idea! Can you tell me more?
Oh wait, what do you think about this?
Product managers may bring pre-made solutions
Product Manager
When you click this, it does that. When you click that, it does this.
Then it's time to estimate...
Are we sure we understand what we’re estimating?
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20
Now, it's time to build the feature
Software Engineer
Let's start coding!
Misunderstandings lead to endless back-and-forth
Product Manager
Software Engineer
I have a question!
It's not stakeholder knowledge but developers' ignorance that gets deployed into production.
Alberto Brandolini
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It does not work as expected
What’s the solution to these problems?
What is Example Mapping?
Example Mapping is a method designed to make conversation short and very productive.
30min max
Matt Wynne
What's its Goal?
Ensure everyone understands the domain problem
Helps to clarify the acceptance criteria for a given story
Who attends the workshop?
Me !
Me !
Me !
Me !
Me !
3 amigos
I am the product manager
We are the software engineers
I am the quality analyst
Product Manager
Domain Expert
Product Manager
and
Domain expert
PMs play the role, but business experts add value
BENEFITS
Break silos to enhance collaboration between developers, testers, and product owners
Ease knowledge sharing to quickly spot edge cases and clarify ambiguities
Keep meetings short and focused on what matters most
What do you need?
WRITE DOWN The
Story's title
Create a user account
The email can't be used for several accounts
Create a user account
An email and a password need to be provided
Start by identifying the main business rules
Discuss and illustrate the business rules with examples
An email and a password need to be provided
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
Simplified
Given / When / Then
What I need
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Action
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⇒ What I expect
An email and a password need to be provided
The email can't be used for several accounts
No one is registered on the app
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Someone creates an account with “arnaud@company.com”
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⇒ Account created
Used emails on the app: “arnaud@company.com”
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Someone creates an account with “arnaud@company.com”
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⇒ Error "This email is already used"
Someone creates an account with "arnaud@company.com" as and "P@ssword1"
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⇒ Account created
Someone creates an account with an empty email.
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⇒ Error: Please provide an email
Someone creates an account with an empty password.
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⇒ Error: Please provide a password
Someone creates an account with "p@ssword1" as the password.
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⇒ Error: Missing uppercase letter
Someone creates an account with "Password1" as the password.
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⇒ Error: Missing special character
Someone creates an account with "P@assword" as the password.
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⇒ Error: Missing numbers
Password should contain at least one UPPERCASE LETTER, number and special character
What about security? Do we allow any password?
Tips for writing examples
Use real data: provide concrete examples (names, dates, amounts)
Ensure to show examples of what should work and what shouldn’t.
Make sure each example directly relates to the business rule it represents
Drawings
take 2
take 5
=>Error
Pick the format that makes writing examples easiest for you
RAISE QUESTIONS /
BOTTLENECKS
Should we check the email syntax?
Do we need to check the password length?
Password should contain at least one UPPERCASE LETTER, number and special character
Someone creates an account with an empty email.
----
⇒ Error: Please provide an email
StOry
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
QUESTION
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
BUSINESS RULE
BUSINESS RULE
Simple, right? but what happened when we tried it?
The first workshops were challenging
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Business needs are not clear enough #startup
User Story are not prepared enough #newPM
When the team does the workshop for the first time
It happens when:
Start BY The Examples
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
Story
Then, we bring out the business rules
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
BUSINESS RULE
BUSINESS RULE
BUSINESS RULE
What did I learn?
If a Rule has Too many examples...
EXAMPLE
BUSINESS RULE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
An email and a password need to be provided
Someone creates an account with "arnaud@company.com" as and "P@ssword1"
----
⇒ Account created
Someone creates an account with an empty email.
----
⇒ Error: Please provide an email
Someone creates an account with an empty password.
----
⇒ Error: Please provide a password
Someone creates an account with "P@ssword1" as the password.
----
⇒ Error: Missing uppercase letter
Someone creates an account with "Password1" as the password.
----
⇒ Error: Missing special character
Someone creates an account with "P@assword" as the password.
----
⇒ Error: Missing numbers
This could mean Business rules are missing
Someone creates an account with "P@ssword1" as the password.
----
⇒ Error: Missing uppercase letter
Someone creates an account with "Password1" as the password.
----
⇒ Error: Missing special character
Someone creates an account with "P@assword" as the password.
----
⇒ Error: Missing numbers
Password should contain at least one UPPERCASE LETTER, number and special character
Nice to have
Must have
EXAMPLE
BUSINESS RULES
EXAMPLE
BUSINESS RULES
EXAMPLE
BUSINESS RULES
EXAMPLE
BUSINESS RULES
StOry
INITIAL StOry
NEW StOry
NEW StOry
Small stories are key!
Ship faster
Better forecasting #noEstimate
Reassure the stakeholders (prevent tunneling effect)
BENEFITS
Refine your stories #paymentExport
Improve your backlog prorization
the planning
Book a time slot on your calendar
Sorry, I am too busy!
Use it when needed
30 minutes max #productExport
Full team
Part of the team
VERSUS
Learn / Ask questions / Challenge
Share knowledge
Animator
Engineering
Manager
Anyone interested in your work
3 amigos
Used emails on the app: “arnaud@company.com”
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Someone creates an account with “arnaud@company.com”
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⇒ Error "This email is already used"
Use examples as test cases
describe("Account creation", () => {
test("the email can't be used for several accounts", () => {
// Given: used emails on the app: “arnaud@company.com”
const email = 'arnaud@company.com'
const password = 'P@ssword1'
const userRepository = new InMemoryUserRepository([
{email, password}
])
// Then: Error raised: "This email is already used"
expect(() => {
// When: Someone creates an account with “arnaud@company.com”
createAccount(email, password)
}).toThrow(new Error('This email is already used'))
});
});Use examples as test cases
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BENEFITS
Ease and accelerate development
As software engineers, QAs can use them to define their test scenarios
How to make remote workshops run smoothly
90% of my workshops have been run remotely
tools such as Miro can helps you
Meilleur screenshot ?
Turn on your webcam for better collaboration
Assign a new role
Learn / Ask questions Challenge
Share knowledge
Scribe
Animator
Rotate roles to involve the whole team
Share knowledge
Animator
Attendee
Scribe
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