User stories as lightweight requirements for agile clinical decision support development.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to demonstrate applicability of user stories, progressively elaborated by testable acceptance criteria, as lightweight requirements for agile development of clinical decision support (CDS).

Materials and methods

User stories employed the template: As a [type of user], I want [some goal] so that [some reason]. From the "so that" section, CDS benefit measures were derived. Detailed acceptance criteria were elaborated through ensuing conversations. We estimated user story size with "story points," and depicted multiple user stories with a use case diagram or feature breakdown structure. Large user stories were split to fit into 2-week iterations.

Results

One example user story was: As a rheumatologist, I want to be advised if my patient with rheumatoi

SUBMITTER: Kannan V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6798563 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature