Diapers and User Stories
Once upon a time disposable diapers just were invented for people as a substitute to washable diapers. They added convenience for unplanned outings and emergencies. But when they were understood as the norm and taken for granted, the result was more landfills occupied with junk that takes more than 500 years to decompose. Advantage – anyone could take care of the child and people were not tied to the child. Disadvantage – babies who used to be potty-trained by 18 months take 36 + months now. Once upon a time user stories were suggested in agile methodology for unplanned needs about which much was unclear but there was a need, an unplanned need, but a valid need. This enabled anyone to be able to write requirements and put them through the backlog. But when they were understood by the upper management as norm and taken for granted, the result is lots of user stories (most of them poorly written) that look the same and take longer to understand and implement and resul