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Create a story in Agile Development 2.0

Create high-level definitions of your requirements in the form of stories in Agile Development 2.0. Manage and track your stories by associating them to a product, project, or release and by assigning them to an assignment group.

Before you begin

Role required: scrum_story_creator, scrum_admin

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Agile Development > Stories.

  2. Select New.

    Alternatively, you can create a Story from one of the following:

    • Backlog Planning or Sprint Planning tab of the Agile board.
    • Stories related list of a product, release, sprint, theme, or epic.
    • Defect or enhancement record.
    • On the form, fill in the fields.

    Note: Some of the fields on the Story form may appear filled depending on the option that you used to create the story.

FieldDescription
NumberSystem-generated number for the story.
Theme

Theme associated with the story. A theme can have one or more stories, but a story can belong to only one theme at a time.

Select the theme for this story from a list of themes that are associated with the Product field.

Epic

Epic associated with the story. An epic can have one or more stories, but a story can belong to only one epic at a time.

Select an epic for this story from the epics that are associated with the Product field.

TypeType of story. Choose from options such as Development, Documentation, Spike, and others.
ClassificationType of development that the story involves. This field is automatically set to Feature. This field has no connection to the Defect and Enhancement fields in the Related Records tab.
StateState of the story. Select one of the following:- Draft:The story requirements, such as the description and acceptance criteria, are still being drafted. - Ready: The story is ready for pickup by the development team. - Work in Progress: The development team is working on the story and recording the changes in the work notes field. - Ready for Testing: The story is ready for pickup by a tester. - Testing: The tester is testing the story based on the requirements provided in the story. - Complete: The development and testing efforts on the story are complete. - Cancelled: The story has been canceled. This field is automatically set to Draft.
PointsNumber of points that indicate the estimated effort that is required to complete the story. A larger point value indicates that the story requires a greater amount of effort.
PriorityPriority assigned to the story. A product owner can use priorities to rank stories in the planning board.
ProductProduct that this story is associated with.
ReleaseRelease that this story is associated with. The release can be from the releases associated with the selected product.
Assignment groupAgile team that the story belongs to.
SprintSprint that this story is associated with.This field is available only when a value is selected from the Assignment group field.
Assigned toUser who is working on the story. Users on this list have appropriate scrum roles.
DemandDemand that this story is associated with. When the demand is converted to project, the demand stories move from demand to project. When a demand is converted to a story, the reference to the demand is displayed here.
ProjectProject that this story is associated with.
Project phase

Name of the agile project phase that this story is associated with. This field is available only when a value is selected from the project field. If a project has only one phase, then the story is automatically tagged to that phase.

Note: An agile phase can have stories that belong to more than one group.

BlockedAn indicator to show that there are issues that prevent the story from progressing.
Short descriptionA brief description of the story.
DescriptionA detailed description of the story.
Acceptance criteriaThe functional criteria or testing results that are required to move this story to the Complete state.
Work notesNotes about the work done for this story.
FieldDescription
DefectDefect that is associated with the story. This field is a reference field from the Defect \[rm\_defect\] table. This field is required if the story is created for a defect.Click the search icon \(
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Search icon\) in this field to display the existing defects or to open a new defect.
Only users with the feature\_user role can open a defect. The admin must grant the feature\_user role to all users who are expected to open defects in the Agile Development application. This field is the only location in the Agile Development application where records from the Defect \[rm\_defect\] table appear. For more information on defects, see Reporting defects in Agile Development 2.0.
EnhancementEnhancement associated with the story. This field is a reference field from the Enhancement \[rm\_enhancement\] table. This field is required if the story is created for an enhancement.Click the search icon \(
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Search-icon\) in this field to display the existing enhancement requests or to open a new enhancement.
Only users with the feature\_user role can open an enhancement. The admin must grant the feature\_user role to all users who are expected to open enhancement requests in the Agile Development application. This field is the only location in the Agile Development application where records from the Enhancement \[rm\_enhancement\] table appear. For more information on enhancements, see Enhancement requests in Agile Development 2.0.
  1. Select Submit.

Result

  • The story is created and the form reopens with related links and lists.
  • The story is listed in the backlog depending on the fields filled in the story form.

What to do next

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Additional actions icon.\).
When you use **Insert and Stay**, the form of the newly created story stays open. You can modify the details of the story or create more stories with these details. On the Agile board, the new story is positioned right below the original story. The global rank of the new story is set accordingly.

**Note:** Set the **glide.ui.task.insert** and **glide.ui.advance** properties to **true** to access these actions. These actions are not allowed on stories added from the triage board.

Parent Topic:Managing your product development using Agile Development 2.0