3.3 User stories
I explained in Section 3.2 that scenarios are descriptions of situations in which a user is trying to do something with a software system. Scenarios are high-level stories of system use. They should describe a sequence of interactions with the system but should not include details of these interactions.
User stories are finer-grain narratives that set out in a more detailed and structured way a single thing that a user wants from a software system. I presented a user story at the beginning of the chapter:
As an author I need a way to organize the book that I’m writing into chapters and sections.
This story reflects what has become the standard format of a user story:
As a <role>, I <want / need> to <do something>
Another example ...
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