Generate acceptance criteria for stories in Agile Development 2.0

Create clear, comprehensive, and testable acceptance criteria for user stories without writing them manually in Agile Development 2.0. Review and refine suggested options to ensure they meet your requirements.

Before you begin

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Ensure that Now Assist for SPM is installed in your instance and that the following two skills are active:

• Acceptance criteria generation
• Refine records

For more information, see Configure Now Assist Admin features.

Role required: scrum_story_editor

About this task

For an Agile 2.0 story, you can generate acceptance criteria by selecting Generate acceptance criteria from the story header or using the Now Assist context menu in the Acceptance criteria field.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Agile Development > Stories.

2. Open your story record.

3. Generate acceptance criteria for the story using one of the following options:

   • From the story form header: Select Generate acceptance criteria.
   • From the Acceptance criteria field:
     1. Place your mouse cursor in the field.
     2. Select Refine with Now Assist menu (

    3.  Select **Generate acceptance criteria**.

1. Review the generated acceptance criteria.

2. You can choose to further refine the generated content using the Now Assist context menu (

1. Save the Story form.

Parent Topic:Use Now Assist for Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM)

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