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Product Backlog
How did we develop the backlog?
The product backlog was developed by holding a story writing workshop with the developer and product owners on 04/09/2014. At the story writing workshop, I presented the simple model to drive discussion. We wrote 13 stories. The product owners laid out their grand vision for the software so each story is very large.
The stories written at the workshop can be broken into four themes. As we discussed during the workshop, User Stories and Themes began to assume a lot of functionality so a dependency graph became apparent. I've listed the themes in order of dependencies (theme depends on the previously listed theme).
As a teacher, I would like to grade multiple exams at the same time, So that, I can save time
As a teacher, I would like, to input the answers for an exam before I upload the students' exams So that, the system is aware of the correct answers for grading
As a teacher, I would like, a website to scan my scanned exams, So that, I can grade my exams from any computer (work or home)
As a teacher, I would like, the system to accept PDF files, So that, I can use my existing systems
As a teacher, I would like, the system to automatically determine which student the exam belongs to So that, I don't have to match exam sheets to students
As a teacher, I would like to manage classes online (add, remove, edit) So that, I can associate exams with classes
As a teacher, I would like, to be able to input all students into a specific class,
As a teacher, I would like, to print my own exam answer sheets, So that, I can save money by re-using existing hardware and systems
As a teacher, I would like, a class average for the exam So that, I can assess the difficulty of the exam and compare classes
As a teacher, I would like, a means to add additional, manually graded questions (such as short responses and essays) So that, I can keep all the grades for the exam in one place
As a teacher, I would like, a grade report with students' names and scores for each exam which is compatible with MS Office Excel So that, I can easily transfer the data to gradebook (existing system)
As a teacher, I would like, a percentage breakdown (pass / fail) for each question on an exam So that, I can assess student performance for each skill
As a teacher, I would like, students to be able to see their results on each question and the class average for each question So that, they could see their strengths and weaknesses compared to the class for each skill
Since the three later themes all depend on the first theme, I decided I will only estimate those stories in the first theme because I can responsibly defer estimating the rest of the stories until the first theme is complete. I will estimate the stories in the first theme, break the large stories down into smaller ones, then consult the product owner with the breakdown and estimates to form a prioritization.