Where are user stories derived from?
Cecilia Windler
2025-10-14 00:42:12
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Given the history of where user stories came from I don't believe they were intended to be highly technical documents but a placeholder for a conversation in which more detail can be derived. For the most part, I have seen the product owner create user stories and as the DEVOPS teams discover more they begin to write some of their own stories to support the business case/user story. Once it's become clear what the appropriate quality expectations are between the Dev team and PO, either side can write stories as they need them. We've used that as the starting point. Since the Dev team works the stories, they are the most critical of how they're written. The quality of the story writing is based on how the Dev team understands "Done". Consistency was the goal; now it's become a part of the prioritization process. When we get external requests, the same filter is applied. As the PO prioritizes the backlog, they should be capable of detecting when a story isn't up to par.
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