Step 3. Define story templates RSS Reader

At Step 2 we have defined project teams and team members.

In Step 3 we will define story templates according company process requirements. If your process is not requiring precisely defined steps, go directly to Step 4.

Who


Scrum Master
       

Story Templates

Is story templates required? No. But they are great when you have defined required development process steps. This is typically case for enterprise companies. On the other side, templates are time saver for even smaller teams.

Let's create Feature request template and a bug template.

Defining new templates

Login to the ScrumDesk as a Scrum Master. Then switch to Project homepage and click on Templates tab.

Template definition 

At first we will create Bug Template. Click New. New template with default name will be created. Now define template:

  • template name - enter text Bug
  • template description - enter <enter bug description>
  • color - choose red
  • tasks required by your process and estimated time required to solve task. To enter tasks, click on Tasks label in template card
    • Bug analyse
    • Fixing
    • Unit test
    • Integration
Tasks in template
Bug template Tasks required by company process for bug fixing

Now we will create two another templates, one  for Feature and one for the Risk.

Create new stories by template

To create ne stories based on templates switch to project backlog or sprint view.Click on small arrow under New menu item.

Now click on template from selector.

Template selector

New story based on template will be created in the center of the screen.

New stroy based on template

Now it's time to write a story name, a description, a priority, assign a category and checks tasks and its duration.

Finished story based on template New story tasks
Story detail Story Tasks

And this is a quickly finished new story.

Summary

Templates makes creating new stories much easier. Templates also fulfill company process requirements.

Step 2 Development teams TOC Step 4 Project releases