The Italian Dinner - How Work Flows from Release to Story to Task with Judy Neher CST

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12/27/19 • 15 min

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When I am teaching CSM and CSPO classes I frequently get questions from students who have trouble understanding how work flows from the release level down through product backlog items like User Stories on down to the task level. I do cover this in class but for some, it is not so easy to see. In hopes of resolving this, I asked Judy Neher, a fellow Certified Scrum Trainer, to help me work through a metaphor that I hope will provide clarity on how we take work from Releases to User Stories to Tasks, how they tie back to strategy and vision and how Epics and Themes fit in as well. If you'd like to reach out to Judy with follow up questions, here is her contact info: Judy Neher - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-neher-22ab614/ - - Twitter: https://twitter.com/judyneher

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