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Best Agile Practices to Follow

Like I mentioned in my previous blog post I will be elaborating more on what are the best practices we can use when we're working in an Agile environment. I hope you all are familiar with the term Agile and we can easily put it as building a software incrementally from the start of the project, instead of trying to deliver it all at once near the end.That's simply what Agile means.  Scrum is one of the subsets of the agile methodology and the most widely used framework process in agile development. (A “process framework” is a particular set of practices that must be followed in order for a process to be consistent with the framework. (For example, the Scrum process framework requires the use of development cycles called Sprints)  I am purely writing this blog post based on my professional experience which I gathered when working with an agile environment.  Plan your Sprint at least a week prior  As business analyst you have to work closely with the scrum master

What is a User Story and Tips of Writing an Effective User Story

What is a User Story ? We can define a user story as the short and simple description of a functionality used in Agile practice. Basically they are written to capture the requirement from the customer or the end user perspective. It will simply say What type of users, What they want and Why they want it. The user stories should be written in a language where it is clear to both the customer and the development/QA teams as to what the customer wants and why he wants it and what kind of customer wants it.  Development team should understand the customers need and they should take care of how to cater the requirement from technical perspective. There is a simple structure to a user story. As a <<CUSTOMER TYPE>> I want <<WHAT CUSTOMER WANTS>> So that <<WHY CUSTOMER WANTS IT>>  Let me elaborate more on this taking an example.  Assume a tutor wants to publish his/her tutor services for students online for students to apply.

What is Metadata ?

Here comes the first blog post for the year 2018.I know it's been a while since my last blog post because I was busy with my office work and studies.😊 What is Metadata ? In a simpler form meta data is "Information about Information", "Data About Data" or we can call it as "Description of Other Data" . Let me elaborate this in a more descriptive way by taking an example. Example : Metadata in an image In this Example, Apple image is the "Data" and "Data About Data" is Meta data. Hope now you all are clear on basically what is meta data. Like wise we can say in a book or a novel, Data is the BOOK and meta data is , NAME OF BOOK, AUTHOR, INDEX, NUMBER OF PAGES can list as meta data. What is Meta Tags ? In my previous example I described what are the meta data of an image and a book likewise web pages also include meta data in the form of "Meta Tags". This is widely used and treated as one of th