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Acceptance criteria define the specific conditions a user story, feature or product increment must meet to be accepted by stakeholders. They make expectations explicit, enable objective testing and foster shared understanding between product, development and QA. Clear criteria reduce ambiguity, prevent rework and support automated acceptance tests.
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Acceptance criteria describe verifiable conditions that a feature or work product must meet to be considered accepted from a business perspective.
They emerged from the need to make requirements between the business, users, and delivery teams explicit and testable. In agile work, they complement user stories with concrete conditions for acceptance.
Think of a contract with three parts: an expected outcome describes what should be observable. Conditions distinguish valid and invalid cases. A check then produces a yes-or-no result. Together, the criteria bridge intent and observable outcome.
The criterion makes clear what behavior or result the feature should provide.
Concrete wording enables a traceable evaluation instead of a matter of taste.
Valid, invalid, and exceptional cases bound the expectation for the implementation.
The business owner decides from the criteria whether the result can be accepted.
Acceptance criteria support planning, implementation, testing, and acceptance of a requirement. They reduce misunderstandings and expose gaps early; overly narrow criteria can constrain solutions and exploratory learning.
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