Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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Acceptance criteria that actually prevent bugs (with 12 worked examples)
How to write acceptance criteria that prevent bugs, with examples. Most criteria verify the feature works, not that it solves the problem. Here's the difference.
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How I use Claude to interrogate my own requirements before showing them to engineering
I write the requirement. Claude tears it apart. I rewrite. The version that goes to engineering is roughly the fifth draft, and they ask half the questions they used to.
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Why "as a user, I want to..." is the worst thing that happened to user stories
The "as a user, I want X so that Y" template was a useful crutch in 2001. Twenty-five years later, it's a substitute for thinking. Here's what to write instead.
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The question most BAs forget to ask before opening Jira
The requirements gathering question most BAs forget before opening Jira. "What do they want?" is the wrong first question. The one that actually validates a requirement.