Storyotypes

The concept of using stereotypes to scope user stories was first described by Gerard Meszaro in Using Storyotypes to Split Bloated XP Stories. In that article he identified the four storyotypes listed in the table below.

Storyotype	Description
New Functionality	A new piece of basic functionality that is (reasonably) independent of other user stories.
Variation	An addition or extension of a previous user story, such as additional search fields or extra columns.
New Business Rule	Additional (complex) business rules to an existing feature.
User Interface Enhancement	Improving the look and feel of the system such as applying a corporate style, improving the layout, or anything else that gives the application a more fancy look.