Where to find the best user story template? [closed]

Question

I want to implement user stories in a new project where can i find a good template or other ones used in agile development?

Answer 1

See the Nine boxes technique to elaborate your user stories. It's not really a template per se, but it leads to filling the "as a user, I want ... so that ..." template, which is very efficient. Mike Cohn is explaining this better than I would.

It also allows to discover non-functional requirements (the ilities).

EDIT: the original link to the nine-boxes page is now cybersquatted but the page is available on the internet archive.

Answer 2

The best template I have found is:

As a <user> I want to <do something> so that <I can accomplish goal>.

Answer 3

Alistair Cockburn has a use-case template. Dan North adopts it to user stories.

Answer 4

a better one that focuses user's goal more is:

In order to <accomplish a goal>, as a <user> I want to <do something> 

this format encourages everyone to think about what the user is trying to achieve and can hint your team to change user's role or rethink the whole US.

Answer 5

Remember that the meat of a User Story is in the conversation with the Customer, and in the automated acceptance test: http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/expCardConversationConfirmation.htm