What are Agile Epics, User Stories, and Story Points?

The video tutorial explains key Agile project management terms: user stories, epics, themes, and story points. User stories describe user requirements, while epics are larger stories split into smaller user stories. Themes group related user stories. Story points estimate the work needed for user stories, considering complexity, risk, and uncertainty. The tutorial emphasizes understanding these concepts for effective Agile project management.

Which Agile methodologies commonly use terms like epics and user stories?

• Waterfall and Kanban

• Extreme Programming and Scrum

• Lean and Six Sigma

• PRINCE2 and PMBOK

What is a user story primarily used for in Agile project management?

• Describing a project timeline

• Outlining a marketing strategy

• Detailing a user's requirement

• Listing team roles

How are user stories typically documented?

• In spreadsheets

• On cards with specific details

• In email threads

• On whiteboards

What distinguishes an epic from a user story?

• An epic is a smaller task

• An epic is a large user story that spans multiple iterations

• An epic is unrelated to user stories

• An epic is a financial estimate

What is a theme in the context of Agile project management?

• A single user story

• A cluster of related user stories

• A project deadline

• A type of sprint

What are story points used to measure?

• The number of team members needed

• The relative effort needed to complete a user story

• The time required for a task

• The cost of a project

Which factor is NOT considered when allocating story points?

• Amount of work required

• Level of complexity

• Level of risk or uncertainty

• Team member preferences