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DEFINITION - In agile software development, a story is a particular business need assigned to the software development team. Stories must be broken down into small enough components that they may be delivered in a single development iteration.

LAST UPDATED: 31 Mar 2008

Read more about story:
- ExtremePlanner.org's blog explains how to write good user stories.
- Mike Cohn published "Effective User Stories for Agile requirements" on Scribd.com.
- AgileModeling.com has examples of user stories.


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