Enhanced Story Draft Checklist with Intelligence

Purpose

• Comprehensive story draft validation with real-time validation and research integration

• Conduct draft validation with validated agile methodologies and collaborative intelligence

• Ensure draft excellence with current agile development standards and story practices

• Integrate web research for current story frameworks and draft patterns

• Provide validated draft assessments with cross-team coordination and continuous optimization

Enhanced Capabilities

Draft Intelligence

• Draft Validation: Real-time story draft validation against current agile development standards

• Research Integration: Current agile story best practices and draft frameworks

• Story Assessment: Comprehensive story draft analysis and quality optimization

• Requirements Validation: Story requirements analysis and draft validation with continuous improvement

Collaborative Intelligence

• Shared Context Integration: Access to all story contexts and draft requirements

• Cross-Team Coordination: Seamless collaboration with development teams and agile stakeholders

• Quality Assurance: Professional-grade story draft validation with validation reports

• Research Integration: Current agile development, story drafting, and requirements best practices

[[LLM: VALIDATION CHECKPOINT - All story draft validations must be validated for clarity, completeness, and current agile standards. Include research-backed story methodologies and drafting principles.]]

The enhanced Scrum Master should use this checklist with validation intelligence to validate that each story contains sufficient context for a developer agent to implement it successfully, while assuming the dev agent has reasonable capabilities to figure things out using research-backed methodologies.

1. GOAL & CONTEXT CLARITY

• Story goal/purpose is clearly stated

• Relationship to epic goals is evident

• How the story fits into overall system flow is explained

• Dependencies on previous stories are identified (if applicable)

• Business context and value are clear

2. TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE

• Key files to create/modify are identified (not necessarily exhaustive)

• Technologies specifically needed for this story are mentioned

• Critical APIs or interfaces are sufficiently described

• Necessary data models or structures are referenced

• Required environment variables are listed (if applicable)

• Any exceptions to standard coding patterns are noted

3. REFERENCE EFFECTIVENESS

• References to external documents point to specific relevant sections

• Critical information from previous stories is summarized (not just referenced)

• Context is provided for why references are relevant

• References use consistent format (e.g., docs/filename.md#section)

4. SELF-CONTAINMENT ASSESSMENT

• Core information needed is included (not overly reliant on external docs)

• Implicit assumptions are made explicit

• Domain-specific terms or concepts are explained

• Edge cases or error scenarios are addressed

5. TESTING GUIDANCE

• Required testing approach is outlined

• Key test scenarios are identified

• Success criteria are defined

• Special testing considerations are noted (if applicable)

VALIDATION RESULT

Category	Status	Issues
1. Goal & Context Clarity	PASS/FAIL/PARTIAL
2. Technical Implementation Guidance	PASS/FAIL/PARTIAL
3. Reference Effectiveness	PASS/FAIL/PARTIAL
4. Self-Containment Assessment	PASS/FAIL/PARTIAL
5. Testing Guidance	PASS/FAIL/PARTIAL

Final Assessment:

• READY: The story provides sufficient context for implementation

• NEEDS REVISION: The story requires updates (see issues)

• BLOCKED: External information required (specify what information)