What is a Proper Agile Iteration (Sprint)? Part 1: User Story *
How user stories are used in a proper software project?
I share my view of “Proper Agile Iteration (Sprint)” in this series:
Part 2: Testing and Coding (upcoming)
Part 3: Done Done (upcoming)
Part 4: Continuous Testing (upcoming)
Part 5: Showcase (upcoming)
Part 6: ‘Production’ Deployment (upcoming)
Part 7: Sustained Pace (upcoming)
(I have applied the above in some client projects I led and all of my own app development, with great success)
As we all know, a User Story in Agile is a customer requirement (feature or change request).
A common mistake is managing user stories in a digital form, such as in Jira.

Some readers might object, “How can you say that? I thought digital user stories were a hallmark of Agile.” Well, that’s a misconception. Let me share quotes from two co-authors of the Agile Manifesto.
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