What you should be able to do
- Write role, goal and benefit.
- Add testable acceptance criteria.
- Check a story against INVEST.
01 / PROCESS MODELS AND AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT / L05
User Stories and Cards
A story makes the user, goal and outcome visible. Acceptance criteria tell the team how to know it is done.
Can a short story state a user goal without becoming vague?
Terms to use precisely
Common mistakes
- Writing a technical task as a user story.
- Using “works properly” as acceptance criteria.
Write a user goal that a team can test.
A story is a promise to have a conversation. Acceptance criteria make the result checkable.
YOUR STORY
As a …, I want to …, so that ….
A specific user or role is named
The goal describes an outcome, not an implementation task
The benefit explains why the goal matters
Acceptance criteria can be checked
CHECKED LEARNING LINKS
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