How to write agile user stories
Learn what user stories are and how to use them to drive value throughout the product development process.
In product development or project management, user stories help end users communicate to their customers the benefits of a given activity, helping you to break the project down in multiple stages.
But how do you create user stories that drive a successful product development?
In this article, you will learn what user stories are and how to write agile user stories that drive value throughout the product development process.
What is a user story?
A user story is a brief, simple description of a feature told from the perspective of the person who desires the new capability, usually a user or customer of the system.
User stories are an agile technique used to capture user requirements in software or product development. They describe the 'who', 'what', and 'why' of a requirement from the end user's perspective.
Agile user stories are concise, clear, and informal, written in everyday language. This approach facilitates understanding the product development concept, enabling rapid production and ongoing revision within an organization.
How to write an agile user story
At their core, user stories are about understanding the user's perspective, using a simple, yet powerful formula – the "who, what, why" formula.
