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  <mainDescription>&lt;p>&#xD;
    A &lt;a class=&quot;PresentationName&quot; guid=&quot;{21946731-4F5C-4862-8B4D-868629952B92}&quot;>User Story&lt;/a> is only a token of past and&#xD;
    future conversation between the customer and the programmers. XP's on-site customer practice minimizes the need to&#xD;
    document extensively each story as the programmers can simply walk over and ask their questions to the customer as&#xD;
    needed. &lt;a class=&quot;PresentationName&quot; guid=&quot;{21946731-4F5C-4862-8B4D-868629952B92}&quot;>User Story&lt;/a> details are captured&#xD;
    in automated acceptance tests that are then used to validate the implementation of the story.&#xD;
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&lt;p>&#xD;
    It may not be necessary to write a description for all stories as the name of some of the stories might already offer&#xD;
    enough information.&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    What makes a good &lt;a class=&quot;PresentationName&quot; guid=&quot;{21946731-4F5C-4862-8B4D-868629952B92}&quot;>User Story&lt;/a>?&#xD;
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&lt;ul>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        The customer should care about it. The story should have business value in the customer's eyes so it can be&#xD;
        prioritized. Sometimes a story needs to be broken down into smaller pieces to fit into an iteration. If by itself&#xD;
        the story does not provide business value, it should at least provide demonstrable progress toward a feature with&#xD;
        business value.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Stories vertically slice through the product's architecture. They are not usually focused on a specific subsystem.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Test cases can be written to verify that the programmers have implemented it correctly.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        It can be reasonably estimated by the developers. Stories that can't be estimated are rewritten.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        It can be completed within one iteration. A story that does not fit in an iteration is broken down into two or more&#xD;
        smaller stories.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
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&lt;p>&#xD;
    A &lt;a class=&quot;PresentationName&quot; guid=&quot;{21946731-4F5C-4862-8B4D-868629952B92}&quot;>User Story&lt;/a> represents a small piece of&#xD;
    functionality of the system being built. It is not a complete specification of a feature. It is a promise to discuss a&#xD;
    feature or a reminder of the discussion that has already taken place.&#xD;
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    Here are some sample stories for a typical on-line store application:
&lt;/p>
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     If the customer has entered a valid Tax Exemption ID, do not charge sales tax.
&lt;/p>
&lt;p>
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     If the Customer ID is on the Preferred Customer list, do not charge for shipping, except for Next Day service.
&lt;/p>
&lt;p>
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     On the System Status Page, show the number of orders in the past 24 hours, the total revenue, and list the top ten
    items in order of quantity ordered.
&lt;/p>
&lt;p>
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     If the delivery address of a purchase is in any of the states in the attached table, calculate, display, and charge
    sales tax using the corresponding percentage.
&lt;/p></representationOptions>
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