"user story" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: user stories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} user story (plural user stories)
  1. (software engineering) In software development, a natural language description of how an end user uses a system feature. Categories (topical): Software engineering Translations (natural language description of how an end user uses a system feature): 用戶故事 (Chinese Mandarin), 用户故事 (yònghù gùshi) (Chinese Mandarin)

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