Epic

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soft-eng

Is are large bodies of work that can be broken down into a number of smaller stories.

For [see page 13, example]:

• A job user can post a CV.
  • A job seeker can submit a CV that includes only basic information such as name, address and work history.
  • A job seeker can submit a CV with all the information an employer may want to see.

When slicing an epic into stories you should [see page 14, consider]:

• What're the different ways that you can handle input/output data?
• What scenarios are in scope for acceptance criteria?
• What architecture decisions can be deferred?

We define 2 [see page 15, kinds] of epics:

• Compound epics comprise multiple shorter stories.
• Complex epics cannot be easily dis-aggregated into smaller stories.