Real personas
Use the persona context already attached to the map instead of defaulting to a generic user.
AIExpand selected story cards into clear narratives and testable acceptance criteria while preserving existing notes, context, and persona intent.
Enough detail to build and test the work, without over-specifying the entire future backlog.
Why it matters
StoriesOnBoard keeps strategic context understandable to people and available to the agents helping them plan and execute.
Use the persona context already attached to the map instead of defaulting to a generic user.
Write observable outcomes that a tester can evaluate yes or no.
Recognize when acceptance criteria reveal a story that should be split before implementation.
Each step adds context while keeping product decisions visible and reviewable.
Refine a release, goal, step, or explicit set of stories—not the whole backlog by default.
Write the narrative, key variations, and important edge or error outcomes.
Merge the refined content into the map and verify the result.
It turns a user story and its surrounding product context into a draft set of clear, observable conditions that product, development, and QA can review.
Each criterion describes a specific observable outcome, key variation, or important error state that a tester can evaluate as passing or failing.
Usually not. StoriesOnBoard recommends just-in-time refinement for the next release, sprint, goal, or selected set of stories.
Start with a rough idea, a PRD, or an existing map. Turn it into a product plan people and agents can use together.
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