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Epic

PronunciationEP-ik

Definition

A large body of work in agile development that is too big for a single sprint and must be broken down into smaller user stories.

Where you hear it

During backlog refinement, release planning, and product roadmap discussions.

Examples

  • We created a new epic to track the entire user authentication redesign.
  • This feature is too large for the current sprint, so we should convert it into an epic.

Common mistake

Treating an epic as a single task instead of a container for many smaller user stories and tasks.