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Ameen Abozaid
Planned lessonSTF-017-L04

Technical storytelling

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tell the story of a technical initiative in business terms.

Planned topics

  • Structure: situation, problem, decision, result, next step.
  • Use one concrete example (a three-week delay to launch a service) instead of abstractions.
  • Describe in the executive's language; keep technical detail in backup.
  • Avoid technology-first stories; start with the customer or business effect.
Draft outline details

Demonstration

a three-minute story outline: "Last quarter a new payments feature waited three weeks for pipeline setup; this is what it cost, and what changes."

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What should a story start with?

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The business situation or problem, not the technology.

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