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Requirements, stories & service design · Core

Empty state

Also called: blank state

ELI5

What a screen shows before it has content.

Used in conversation

“Use the empty state to teach the first action.”

Definition

The interface shown when no content, data or items are available.

Here “Empty state” means: The interface shown when no content, data or items are available.

Pitch context

You will see “Empty state” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches requirements, stories & service design.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret requirements, stories & service design without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Sources & evidence · 2

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.