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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.
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