Automatic generation of user stories for software products via a product content space

1. A computer-implemented method for generating user stories, the method comprising:

defining a content space having a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells corresponding to each of the user stories, each of the plurality of cells having multiple dimensions, each of the multiple dimensions having one or more values, the multiple dimensions including release, noun, verb, interface, and platform, wherein the verb, interface and platform dimensions are orthogonal and noun-specific;

collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements;

creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements;

processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate the user stories;

determining an agreement that each of the plurality of user stories relate to a given software product; and

outputting, by the processor, the user stories.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein processing the plurality of content space specification files comprises identifying content space specification statements in each of the plurality of content space specification files.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising traversing, by the processor, the content space to generate the user stories.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the multiple dimensions include a noun dimension.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein traversing the content space comprises:

for each of the noun dimensions, for each of the plurality of cells:

traversing, by the processor, other dimensions of the multiple dimensions of the cell, one value at a time, to generate the user story corresponding to the cell.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising grouping, by the processor, the content space.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising folding, by the processor, the content space.

8. A computer-implemented method for generating user stories, the method comprising:

collecting a plurality of requirements;

defining a content space including a plurality of cells, each cell defining an agile story, each cell having a plurality of dimensions, each of the multiple dimensions having one or more values, the multiple dimensions including release, noun, verb, interface, and platform, wherein the verb, interface and platform dimensions are orthogonal and noun-specific;

creating a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements;

traversing at least one dimension of each of the plurality of cells to generate a user story; and

generating reports defining each of the user stories.

9. A computer program product for generating user stories, the computer program product including a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

defining a content space having a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells corresponding to each of the user stories, each of the plurality of cells having multiple dimensions, each of the multiple dimensions having one or more values, the multiple dimensions including release, noun, verb, interface, and platform, wherein the verb, interface and platform dimensions are orthogonal and noun-specific;

collecting a plurality of requirements;

creating a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements;

processing the plurality of content space specification files to generate the user stories;

determining an agreement that each of the plurality of user stories relate to a given software product; and

outputting the user stories.

10. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9 wherein processing the plurality of content space specification files comprises identifying content space specification statements in each of the plurality of content space specification files.

11. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises traversing the content space to generate the user stories.

12. The computer program product as claimed in claim 11 wherein the multiple dimensions include a noun dimension.

13. The computer program product as claimed in claim 12 wherein traversing the content space comprises

for each of the noun dimensions, for each of the plurality of cells:

traversing, by the processor, other dimensions of the multiple dimensions of the cell, one value at a time, to generate the user story corresponding to the cell.

14. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises grouping the content space.

15. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises folding the content space.

16. A system for generating user stories, the system comprising:

a processor configured for:

defining a content space having a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells corresponding to each of the user stories, each of the plurality of cells having multiple dimensions, each of the multiple dimensions having one or more values, the multiple dimensions including release, noun, verb, interface, and platform, wherein the verb, interface and platform dimensions are orthogonal and noun-specific;

collecting a plurality of requirements;

creating a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements;

processing the plurality of content space specification files to generate the user stories;

determining an agreement that each of the plurality of user stories relate to a given software product; and

outputting the user stories.