User stories are designed to be simple prompts that foster conversation around user needs within agile frameworks. They came from Extreme Programming, promoting user focus rather than feature laundry lists. When teams treat them as requirements, miscommunication arises, leading to unwanted assumptions and a lack of collaboration, which ultimately results in features missing their intended purpose. A good user story should encourage questions and conversations, opening the floor for collaboration instead of closing it off with rigid documentation.
User stories are not about documentation. They're about discussion. They exist to spark conversation, not to kill it.
The minute you start treating a user story like a full-blown requirement, you kill the collaboration.
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