User stories

Last updated Jun 5, 2023

User stories are concise, specific descriptions of a feature told from the user’s perspective. They allow the team to create solutions centered on the user experience and help project managers capture and manage the Product backlog.

• User role
• Action
• Benefit

As a “User role” I want this “Action” so that I can get this “Benefit”.

Criteria that each user story should meet:

• Independent
  • Each user story should not depend on any other story to complete.
• Negotiable
  • Each user story should be negotiable in terms of effort
• Valuable
  • Should be value to the project
• Estimable
  • Can be identified as the effort to complete the item
• Small
  • User stories should not be big unless they are low in the Product backlog
• Testable
  • It can be confirmed that each user story meets the success criteria