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"From Outputs" de coisas, de produtos produzidos...
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"to Outcomes" resultados, experiências, sentimentos.
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"The shift from outputs to outcomes: user stories
How do we make this shift? In practical terms, the real revolution in management practice comes when the firm starts defining the goals of work in the form of user stories. This is the Rubicon where a firm crosses from traditional to radical management.
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Once the goal of each work team shifts to that of delighting clients, the definition of work moves from an abstract adding up of “things delivered” to an understanding of “the quality of the customer experience”. The questions become: What is going on in the world of the customers? What is their current experience like? How could that experience be different as a result of what we can accomplish during a cycle of work? What can do that would eliminate irritation or enhance delight?
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Capturing these elements takes the form of a user story. Stories catalyze our understanding by providing direct access to other people’s actions, thoughts and feelings. They enable us to climb out of our own self-centered world and see things from someone else’s perspective. With that understanding, we can begin to imagine what kind of a product or service will be likely to delight them.
Fortunately, there is a whole body of expertise and more than a decade of experience in thousands of organizations in deploying user stories to capture work goals. The methodology is explained in detail in Mike Cohn’s classic book, User Stories Applied (2004) and summarized in chapter 6 of my book, The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management (2010).
In workplaces that have made the transition, the workplace feels different: it common to hear people talk in terms of implementing stories: “I implemented three stories in this work cycle.”
Mike Cohn describes the standard form for the user story:
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As a (type of user) , I want (some goal) so that (some reason)
Putting the story in the first person is important, because it draws the team into imagining the client’s situation. By saying, “As a such-and-such, I want. . . ,” one instantly imagines what it is like to be a such-and-such." (Moi ici: Yes!!! Essa é também a nossa experiência)
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