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Story Refinement
The team and the Product Owner get the next stories ready.
01What it's for
In Story Refinement the team and the Product Owner make the next stories ready: understood, split, sized and testable.
02What it turns into on the old system
It becomes an estimation meeting for management planning, with tasks already assigned to people.
03How you notice
- Estimates are used as deadlines.
- One lead developer refines alone.
- Stories are refined months ahead.
04How to make it work
The whole team, one or two sprints ahead, not more.
Ask the questions, split the story, write the acceptance criteria together.
Use estimates to understand size and risk, not as commitments.