# User Stories in Practice
###### tags: `Scrum`
User stories are an increasingly popular textual notation to capture requirements in agile software developement
## Introduction
User stories are a popular method for representing requirement using a simple template such as
> "As a (Role), I want (Goal), so that (benefit)"
## Study Design
understand how practitioners use and perceive user stories.
**How do practitioners use User Stories?**
**How do Practitioners Perceive the Effectiveness of User Stories?**