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What does the acronym INVEST mean, to technical teams and project managers?
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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"The bulk of my business analysis is done on the strategic side, for banking and telecommunications. My exposure to INVEST is limited, since it is utilized primarily by business analysts working with developers and IT teams. I do know; however, that it stands for Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Sized appropriately, and Testable. I am happy to learn more about INVEST and how it will help your clients, technical teams, and project managers."
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
A good business analyst should understand that the acronym INVEST is for:
- Independent
- Negotiable
- Valuable
- Estimable
- Sized appropriately
- Testable
Show the interviewer that you are familiar with industry terms by explaining what INVEST means, breaking down each word. If you are not familiar with INVEST, that is okay. Likely, this means that you do not often work in the IT space.
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"I understand INVEST best for creating user stories with product managers, developers, and IT teams. The acronym is for Independent; the story should be self-contained. Negotiable; user stories can always be altered. Valuable, meaning there should be a goal or a value attached to the user story. Estimable, the size of a user story should always be easily estimated. Sized appropriately, meaning the user story should not be too small or too large. Finally, Testable; when user stories are testable, it's easy to see when the project is correct and complete."
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The acronym INVESTstands for independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, sized, and testable. It is best used for creating user stories with product managers, developers, and IT teams. A summary explanation of INVEST is the story should be self-contained; the user stories can be modified; there should be a goal or a value attached to the user story. The size of the user story should always be easily estimated; the user story should not be too large or small and should be easy to see when the project is complete and correct.
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Great outline and explanation. You offer helpful, full answers that highlight your depth of knowledge.
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My bulk work is in the healthcare industry; hence I haven't used INVEST in my work life. However, I am aware of the full form, "Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, and Testable. I would love to know more about it and want to be of the utmost use to my project manager.
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You have personalized the Mock Question example answers very well. It's great to show that although you may not have exposure to INVEST, you understand the approach.
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