Six Dimensions for Decomposing Stories

Many teams struggle to break down stories to a size that can be completed within a sprint. Perhaps the product needs seem too large, or the technical debt is too deep. There could be a high degree of uncertainty around what the product should be. Or, the team might be new to the domain. Regardless of the reason, here are a few ways we tackle this in the dojo - and given that we generally do two and a half day sprints in the dojo (more on this in the next post) it’s critical that teams develop this skill.

Here are six dimensions to think about when decomposing stories.