User stories are brief statements regarding the requirements of the system from an end-user perspective. It is often used in agile software development.
User stories are concise, easy to understand and are a great way to capture requirements. They can break down a project into smaller milestones that the team can work towards achieving.
This method is used early on in the process after the understand phase.
While the format varies on organizational/personal preferences, the traditional format for creating user stories uses the following statement:
Use of “need” versus “want” indicates if a requirement is required or a “nice to have” when building the system.
As a doctor, I need to get up to medical date records so that I know how to proceed with my patients’ treatment
References:
https://www.akendi.com/blog/scenarios-user-stories-and-use-casesoh-my/