User Story Masterclass: Your Agile Guide to User Stories (Udemy.com)
As a student, I want to enroll in this course, so that I can learn to write, split, and map compelling User Stories
Created by: Jeremy Aschenbrenner
Last updated June 2024
What you will learn
- Learn how to write clear and concise User Stories and Acceptance Criteria for both Agile and non-Agile projects
- Learn various techniques to split User Stories into bite-sized pieces so they can be completed efficiently
- Master the use of INVEST to increase the effectiveness of your User Stories
- Explore the use of User Roles and Personas to bring your User Stories to life
- Learn how to create User Story Maps to visualize the user needs and plan for product releases
- Explore fun, interactive, and highly effective lessons and activities from three best-selling instructors
Course Description
Looking to get ECBA®, CCBA®, or CBAP® certified or recertified? - This course qualifies for 3 PD Hours/CDUs!
ENHANCE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY AND PROJECT SUCCESS BY PUTTING YOUR CUSTOMER'S NEED FRONT AND CENTER WITH POWERFUL AGILE USER STORIES.
Understanding the needs of users is one of the key components of any project. But there are some choices in how you gather those needs and how you document them. One very popular and trending technique, especially for Agile projects, is to utilize User Stories.
A User Story is a short, simple description of a feature told from the perspective of the end user. And while these stories are short, they are very impactful. In fact, those one to two sentences provide the context for a series of conversations to fully define the desired functionality.
This course is designed to take you from novice to User Story expert. We'll break down all of the best practices including User Story format, writing Acceptance Criteria, handling common challenges, splitting User Stories, User Story Mapping, and much more.
Whether you have worked with User Stories for years or you've never heard of them until now, this is the perfect course for you.
What’s included in the course?
- High-Quality Video Lectures break down everything you need to know to become an expert in writing, splitting, and mapping User Stories and how to write straight-forward Acceptance Criteria
- Downloadable Handouts help you to enhance your understanding and retention of the key concepts
- Quizzes and Activities validate your learning and help to point out areas that should be reviewed for full comprehension
- 1-on-1 Support means that any confusion or questions you have can be addressed and cleared up easily (no more frantically googling trying to figure out what your course instructor means).
- Lifetime Access with NO Expiration so you can learn at your own pace, and come back at any time you feel unsure or are in need of a refresher
Let’s hear from some students that have already taken this course:
“Very straight forward and jam-packed with useful information with regards to user stories! Examples, videos, and layout make this course that much more worth it.” – Diego
“Great course! Content was told a good pace and was easy to understand. The real world examples also added an extra depth to different topics, giving a lot of the definitions, discussions, and descriptions context.” - Zachary
Haven't made up your mind yet?
And if you’re not sure – here’s my promise to you:
This course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee! That means, if you aren’t completely satisfied with your purchase, I’ll give you a refund – no questions asked!
Let's hear from some more students:
“I am making a career transition to becoming a scrum master. I've heard of user stories but never knew what they were all about. This course is great for beginners like or anyone who has an interest. The instructors do a wonderful job of breaking the concepts down, and providing examples to tie everything together." - Romier
“Amazing course again from the ba guide team. High Quality audios and videos i would recommend this course for anyone wants to know more about user stories" - Abdirahman
By the end of this course, you will have a deep practical understanding of exactly what User Stories are and how they can be used effectively to generate happy customers!
Enroll today and we look forward to seeing you in the classroom!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
13,042 Reviews
Jeremy Aschenbrenner
Come learn with more than 750,000 students from around the world!
Hello! My name is Jeremy Aschenbrenner, but many know me better as The BA Guide, and I'm happy you are here.
I’m a veteran Business Analyst with thousands of projects completed throughout my career. I've managed business analysis projects for companies in diverse industries including health care, telecom, automotive, transportation, consumer packaged goods, car rental agency, food and beverage, financial services, consulting, and more.
Through personal experience, I quickly learned that business analysis can be confusing and even intimidating. There’s endless business jargon, technical terms, techniques, and methodologies to learn, and countless visual diagrams, artifacts, elicitation sessions, interfaces, and KPIs to wrap your head around. I’ve been there and learned all of that. Many years ago, I also learned a valuable lesson about myself: I really enjoy teaching others. This was the inspiration for The BA Guide.
More courses by Jeremy Aschenbrenner
Agile Fundamentals: Including Scrum & Kanban (2026)
4.5 (97,155 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 4.5h
$24.99
Business Analysis Fundamentals - IIBA endorsed (2025)
4.6 (73,446 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 8.2h
$149.99
Identify & Define the Problem with Business Analysis (2025)
4.5 (22,594 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 3.6h
$17.99
Process Flowcharts & Process Mapping - The Beginner's Guide (2024)
4.6 (19,433 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 3.7h
$109.99
Business Analysis Modeling Skills & Techniques (2025)
4.6 (18,814 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 6.4h
$14.99
Business Analyst: Software Testing Processes & Techniques (2023)
4.5 (12,696 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 3.2h
$74.99
More Project Management courses
AI Project Management 2026: Complete Google Gemini Edition
4.9 (182 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 8.1h
$39.99
Zero to PMP: Master Project Management for PMP Certification (2026)
4.8 (15,518 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 36.5h
$159.99
60 PDUs Full PMP Renewal Course. Renews PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP (2025)
4.8 (8,810 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 30.2h
$11.99
Microsoft Project Course Complete, 2016, 2019, 2021 6 PDUs
4.8 (4,331 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 6.4h
$12.99
Complete Agile Scrum Master Certification Training (2026)
4.7 (29,414 Reviews)
Provider: Udemy
Time: 5.8h
$16.99
Reviews
By JULIO GONZALEZ on 10/3/2025
La última parte del curso no tenía subtítulos en español, lo que me parece una falta de respeto. Estaba, inclusive, en ucraniano, un idioma de menos cantidad de gente que los que hablasmos español. A mi me ha molestado bastante, por lo que de necesitar más cursos, este instructor estará como última opción.
By Prime on 11/27/2024
It was a good course, it gives my a new approach about the user stories. The user stories exercise was useful, but not having any comparison with the teachers is limiting, it is an end in itself and hardly allows me to apply an important element like the user story map in the company. I understood the tool, but applying it from scratch in the company can be done badly if it is not done in the correct way
By Remyshittu@Gmail.Com on 11/7/2024
The instructor’s professionalism and clear explanations made complex concepts easy to grasp, even for beginners. Each section was simplified yet comprehensive, leaving me with a solid understanding and confidence in applying what I learned. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to master User Story creation!.
By Lola J on 12/14/2023
This is by far one of the best courses I have seen on Udemy in terms of usefulness, understanding the process information density and comprehensibility. The trainer (Jeremy Aschenbrenner) really knows how to convey the material in a way that offers me definite added value for my work as an IT business analyst. You will have can if you want go back and watch again and not get bored the captions are great. All Jeremy's courses are absolutely great, even if you're new to BA
By Daniel Isepciuc on 10/7/2023
User Story Masterclass is a comprehensive and engaging course that taught me everything I needed to know to write clear, concise, and valuable user stories. The instructors are experienced and passionate, and the content is well-structured and easy to follow. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn more about user stories and how to use them effectively in Agile projects.
By Anonymized User on 6/22/2023
jeremy Makes it easy to understand the principles of quality User Story construction, and best practice for Sprints. I have completed many of his courses, and even now as an experienced Business Analyst I often refer back to his excellent course content as an aide memoire for best practice for
By Rabia Riaz on 9/22/2022
It is a very good course with clear explanations. Someone who knows nothing about Agile user stories should definitely take this course. I've few suggestions... First, it would be helpful if the instructor also talked about the tools and platforms where user stories are written. I know that every company has its own platforms and tools, but mentioning it won't hurt. Second: Some people are visual learners like me, so I'd remember seeing a user story written in Jira, Trello, etc. instead of slides. Third, you talk about making sprints with a few user stories, but you don't show how it's done in the real world. Instead of showing animated slides, you could make a quick demo video with fake user stories and sprints 1, 2, and 3 on a real platform to show students how it's done. Overall, it was a good course, and there was only one last hands-on exercise to do. Could have put more exercises at the end of each section to get students more involved. Thank You
By Aravind Premachandran on 5/22/2021
Despite the fact that the sessions were sliced to limited loafs, haven’t impeded the impetus of the full length session. I vouch and recommend this uncluttered nifty pearls ,no matter what, one’s tenure appears to be in his/her niche. Bon travail Jeremy,Vivek & Pabitra.
By Bhagyashree Yashwant Patil on 4/18/2021
This course is fantastic. Every thing is explained in detail. After going through these sessions one would learn a huge amount of Requirements related techniques a BA utilizes in his/her day to day work life and how the software development life cycle works. The available recourses are well organized. Thank you Jeremy.
By Toritseju Effiok-Osu on 5/21/2020
This is one of the best online courses, presumably, the best, i have purchased on Udemy. The quality far exceeds what i paid for it. The team did an amazing job putting this course together. I would definitely be purchasing other courses by Jeremy.
Quality Score
No CourseDuck member has rated this course yet. Taken it? Give each part a thumbs up or down.
Overall Score : 90 / 100












