Customer Unit | Glossary

 

Definition

The customer unit is referred to the people/unit of people that represent the expectations and needs of the primary consumer of the deliverable product, throughout the course of project development. It involves everything from Product Managers, Sales and Marketing and even End-User consumers. It’s what decides the vision and nature of the project.

Further Reading

  • For more on Customer Unit, read here.

INVEST | Glossary

Definition

INVEST is an acronym for a widely accepted set of criteria (or checklist), that assesses the quality of a user story. Failing to meet even one criteria, may lead to the team rephrasing/rewriting the entire story. The criteria met should be:

  • Independent
  • Negotiable
  • Valuable
  • Estimable
  • Small
  • Testable

Further Reading

  •  “User Stories Applied”(book), by Mike Cohn.
  •  An article on INVEST, present here.