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Ways to split big User Story into smaller ones

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Dimitri Blinow

The word “decomposition” is used in several ways: 1) dividing the story into subtasks by type of work — for example, write requirements, design a solution, create a design layout, write code, etc. — or by architectural layers; 2) dividing a large story into smaller, independent stories that fit in one sprint.

The word “decomposition” is used in several ways:

  1. dividing the story into subtasks by type of work — for example, write requirements, design a solution,  create a design layout, write code, etc. — or by architectural layers;

  2. dividing a large story into smaller, independent stories that fit in one sprint.

Decompositions of the first type, of course, are useful to do (by the way, Definition of Done helps with this), but they do NOT help to release increments every iteration or more often.

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