Story Huddles, also frequently referred to as "Three Amigos" sessions or "Triad" meetings in Guidewire's Agile methodology, are critical synchronization points used to clarify functional requirements before development work typically begins or finalized. The three core participants required for these huddles are:
Business Analysts (D):They represent the business intent and provide the detailed functional requirements. Their role is to explainwhatneeds to be built, answering questions about logic, UI behavior, and business rules.
Developers (B):They provide the technical perspective. They ask questions to determinehowthe feature will be implemented, identifying technical constraints, necessary data model changes, or architectural dependencies.
Quality Analysts (C):They represent the testing perspective. They focus onhowthe feature will be validated, ensuring acceptance criteria are testable, covering edge cases, and that there is a shared understanding of "done."
Purpose of the Huddle:
The primary goal of the story huddle is to ensure a shared understanding of the user story among these three distinct disciplines. It prevents the common "silo" problem where developers misinterpret requirements or QA tests for the wrong behavior. By collaborating before coding starts (or early in the sprint), the team reduces defects and rework.
Why other options are less appropriate:
Product Owners (A):While Product Owners define the vision and priority, they often delegate the detailed "story level" clarification to Business Analysts in large implementation projects. The "Three Amigos" strictly refers to the execution trio (BA, Dev, QA).
Subject Matter Experts (E):SMEs provide inputtothe BA during requirements gathering (Elaboration) but are not typically required attendees for the technical story huddle, which is focused on implementation readiness.
