The Three Cs of User Story Creation

The Three Cs for User Story Creation

The three Cs are a great way to remember to collaborate and create items to work on in an Agile team. They stand for the Card, the Conversation and the Confirmation.

The Card

This is the customer requirement, often with "Acceptance Criteria" for what needs to be done. It is written on a card as a User Story, and often shown on a Kanban Board.

The Conversation

A Conversation between: customers or users, developers and testers – our “triad” or “three amigos” – to work through the requirements, solution, and acceptance test criteria.

The Confirmation

Confirmation that the item meets the requirements. The Customer can sign off the requirements, the team can Showcase the increment at the Sprint Review, and the Scrum Master can ensure a Definition of Done is in place for the team.

A Definition of Done is the criteria we have to meet for the card to be seen as "Complete". It might include developing it, testing it, demonstrating it and signing off on it.

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