Description
An epic is a large user story that describes a body of work that cannot be completed in a single sprint. Teams will break down an epic into smaller user stories that can be accepted and completed within a single sprint. The product owner has responsibility for writing epics and the user stories that result from them. Both epics and user stories are maintained in the product backlog.
Sprint allocation is not the only reason to break down an epic. Customers often request features that are complex and that need to be broken down into smaller components to be understood and implemented by the team. These epics ...
