User stories are a description of what is needed from the user’s perspective. User stories help to separate business value from implementation and focus all parties on the desired outcome.
User stories are different than requirements. When using requirements, it is likely that the developer implementing the requirement will be presented with an implementation task or a design document and be constrained to implementing as specified or as designed. A user story removes invisible constraints by focusing on the outcome desired by the user. The developer doing the work will see the user story, will be able to better understand what the user needs, and will be able to participate in or even own the specification and design of that story. User stories provide engineers more freedom to utilize their creativity and ability to innovate without the risk of implementing something that the user doesn’t want.
So, if you were starting a software company with your own hard-earned cash, would you use user stories or not?
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