While reading the ‘User stories applied’ by Mike Cohn, I came across this acronymn INVEST, which stands for;
I- Independent, this is all about avoiding dependencies between user stories
N- Negotiable, indicates that stories are negotiable. They are not written contracts or requirements that the software must implement
V- Valuable to purchasers or users
E- Estimatable, developers should be able to estimate user stories
S – Small, enough to estimate
T – Testable, stories must be written so as to be testable
This acronym is suggested by Bill Wake, author of extreme programming explored and Refactoring work book.
