A structured conversation is a deliberately guided discussion that uses concrete examples and counterexamples to establish shared understanding of business rules and expected behavior. section 1.0
Use the conversation to move from shared understanding to verifiable delivery:
- Bring business analysts, developers, and testers together around concrete examples of system behavior. section 1.0
- Explore examples and counterexamples to clarify which business rules and features provide value. section 1.0
- Turn the agreed examples into acceptance criteria that define when a feature is done. section 1.5
- Express the criteria in executable form when useful, creating automated acceptance tests that guide development, verify behavior, and document the application. section 1.0
Clarifying a feature
Rather than accepting an ambiguous feature request, stakeholders and the delivery team discuss concrete examples of expected behavior, challenge them with counterexamples, and agree which examples become acceptance criteria and automated checks. section 1.0 section 1.5
