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User story writing issues, causes and tips

Issue - While the concept of User story is now quite old but still there are still cases where we see the stories are incomplete and not having enough details which would make team feel confident. Possible Cause of the Issue - Reason for such issue could be due to the culture change. With Agile culture, documents are converted into discussions and Product/business feel that details are not required for documented as this is already discussed in the team meeting. And this will remain in either emails or with some people with whom it was discussed.  Another reason is that it takes time to understand and clarify the requirements queries coming from team by the product/business who are not exactly the user rather some documenting people whose job is to write stories. Tips to handle such issues  - To handle issues with culture, I would advise to listen to team and collaborate with team. It is very much important to understand what team wants. Documenting details would help not