{ "uuid": [ { "value": "217616ab-32cb-4c7f-b51c-7da3974de4e2" } ], "langcode": [ { "value": "en" } ], "type": [ { "target_id": "daily_email", "target_type": "node_type", "target_uuid": "8bde1f2f-eef9-4f2d-ae9c-96921f8193d7" } ], "revision_timestamp": [ { "value": "2025-05-11T09:00:51+00:00" } ], "revision_uid": [ { "target_type": "user", "target_uuid": "b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849" } ], "revision_log": [], "status": [ { "value": true } ], "uid": [ { "target_type": "user", "target_uuid": "b8966985-d4b2-42a7-a319-2e94ccfbb849" } ], "title": [ { "value": "Writing \"Why first\" user stories\n" } ], "created": [ { "value": "2022-12-04T00:00:00+00:00" } ], "changed": [ { "value": "2025-05-11T09:00:51+00:00" } ], "promote": [ { "value": false } ], "sticky": [ { "value": false } ], "default_langcode": [ { "value": true } ], "revision_translation_affected": [ { "value": true } ], "path": [ { "alias": "\/daily\/2022\/12\/04\/writing-why-first-user-stories", "langcode": "en" } ], "body": [ { "value": "\n
I've usually written user stories that follow this format:<\/p>\n\n
As a...\nI want...\nSo that...<\/p>\n\n
You focus on the person who needs the task first, followed by what they want, and why they want it.<\/p>\n\n
Lately, I've been re-ordering stories to follow this order:<\/p>\n\n
So that...\nAs a...\nI want...<\/p>\n\n
What I like about this is that it focuses on capturing the \"why\" of the story first rather than at the end or maybe even forgetting it altogether.<\/p>\n\n
What's needed and who needs it doesn't matter unless you also capture why it's needed.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n
I've usually written user stories that follow this format:<\/p>\n\n
As a...\nI want...\nSo that...<\/p>\n\n
You focus on the person who needs the task first, followed by what they want, and why they want it.<\/p>\n\n
Lately, I've been re-ordering stories to follow this order:<\/p>\n\n
So that...\nAs a...\nI want...<\/p>\n\n
What I like about this is that it focuses on capturing the \"why\" of the story first rather than at the end or maybe even forgetting it altogether.<\/p>\n\n
What's needed and who needs it doesn't matter unless you also capture why it's needed.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ] }