User story and acceptance criteria sheet

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• Project or product

  For example: Customer portal

• Story ID

  For example: PORT-142

• Story title

  For example: Download an invoice as PDF

• Written by

  For example: Sofia Rossi, Product Owner

• Priority

• As a (who)

  The kind of user.

  For example: customer with an account

• I want to (what)

  One action.

  For example: download any past invoice as a PDF

• So that (why)

  The value.

  For example: I can send it to my accountant without asking support

• Acceptance criteria

  One row for each rule. Each one must be testable.

  For example: I am signed in and open Invoices | I choose Download | A PDF opens within 3 seconds I am not the account owner | I open Invoices | I only see invoices for my own orders

• Edge casesoptional

  For example: Invoice not yet issued Very long customer name Slow connection

• Out of scopeoptional

  For example: Sending the invoice by email; bulk download

• Design and notesoptional

  Links, designs, questions.

  For example: See the design file for the Invoices page. Use the standard download icon.

• Definition of doneoptional

  For example: Code reviewed, tests pass, works on the supported browsers, help text updated, product owner accepted

1. 1The story
2. 2Acceptance criteria
3. 3Edge cases
4. 4Out of scope
5. 5Design and notes
6. 6Definition of done

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The form asks for 13 details, starting with Project or product, Story ID, Story title, Written by, Priority. 4 more are optional.

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