Business Finance Homework Help

Students work individually, undertaking the role of “Product Owner”, to identify at least ten (10) Product Backlog Items (PBIs) for either of the following (below) cases. Students can assume that they have a fully capable agile team with all necessary skills to complete project work.

• Each Product Backlog Item must:
  • Be written in a user story format (e.g., “As a <user role> I want to <goal> so that <benefit>”) and satisfy INVEST criteria (don’t forget the “V” – items must be “Valuable” and be related to the Project Vision)
  • Be assigned a relative size (i.e., planning poker or “story point” estimates) – actual estimates are only used for the sprint backlog (the next assignment)
  • NOT be tasks – tasks belong in the sprint backlog (the next assignment)
  • The “Acceptance Criteria” column DOES NOT need to be completed (may be left blank). For practice, you may want to enter some details in this column.
• The Product Backlog must satisfy DEEP characteristics (especially the “P” – “prioritized”)
  • The “Importance” column is how you identify the priority for each item with “1” = highest priority.
• Download final work as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and submit

Case Option 1: CTA App. Develop a web application that communicates with the central data center of the Chicago public transit (CTA) system. The web application should provide real-time updates of bus and train schedules, locations, and time until arrival/departure. The first release for this application is roughly planned for 2-3 months from today.

Case Option 2: Spin to Fight Cancer. Coordinate and run a 10-hour fundraising event to be conducted at two separate indoor cycling studios. The event should be well-run and maximize fundraising dollars while raising awareness for childhood cancer. No date for the event has been set, but a date 2-3 months from today is desired.