Demystifying the Agile Family Tree: Understanding Themes, Epics, and User Stories

The Agile Family Tree: Theme, Epic, Feature and User Story Explained

“Let’s group this into a theme, break it down into epics, then into features and finally user stories.”

Sure. Cool. Great.

Just one question: what does any of that actually mean?

If you’ve ever nodded along in a backlog grooming session while secretly wondering whether an epic is bigger than a feature or the other way around — you’re in good company.

It’s time we cut through the jargon and talk real Agile clarity.

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