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Requirements, stories & service design · Working

Job story

Also called: jobs story

ELI5

A statement of what someone wants to do in a particular situation.

Used in conversation

“The job story captures the trigger better than the persona.”

Definition

A requirement framed around a situation, motivation and desired outcome rather than a persona.

Here “Job story” means: A requirement framed around a situation, motivation and desired outcome rather than a persona.

Pitch context

You will see “Job story” 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.