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Comment on What users want by Marty Nelson

Marty Nelson — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:21:35 +0000

Even with the magic wand technique, the conversation is still bound to the mechanism of value creation. Much more powerful is to ask the question “how will you know (you got the value)?”

Which leads much more quickly to: “I can get in and out of my driveway when it snows” and encourages additional value clarity, like “I don’t have to spend more than 10 minutes a day”.

Comment on What users want by Steve Rogalsky

Steve Rogalsky — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:47:06 +0000

I like the ideas behind re-writing this story to keep the solution separate from the story. However, as a one of the home owners in Joel’s story (we both live in Winnipeg, Canada), I think we need to add ‘snow’ back into the story. The snow is part of my problem (the ‘why’), and therefore would affect the scope of the story and its solution. Example:

As a Home Owner
I want my driveway to be cleared of snow
So that I can drive in and out of my driveway to get to work

If we leave the story without the snow, the scope of this story is too variable. For example, if my driveway is blocked because a tree fell, or because I’ve emptied the contents of my basement onto the driveway after a basement flood (due to all the melting snow), then the solutions to those 3 problems would be much different and our scope is too uncertain. The solution shouldn’t be part of the story, but the scope needs to be understood.

P.S. While having a heated driveway sounds like a nice idea, it probably would work better in a climate where the temperature goes above freezing once in a while during the winter. If I installed a heated driveway, the top of my driveway would be nice and clear, but I would have a permanent and rather large ice rink at the end of my driveway and onto the road from November until April. Great for skating, but not for walking or driving.