What are user stories?
User stories are a tool that are used by, agile teams to capture a description of a feature. They follow a template of as a I want so that, and they are typically put on a card or stored in a tool like Jira.
Do you have any examples?
An example could be, as a user, I want to change my email address so that I can keep receiving notifications to my new email address. Or as an admin, I want to edit records so that I can keep my records up to date.
What's the value?
They help facilitate discussions about feature within your team. They can be used to track progress of the development of a feature, and, it helps teams determine their workload.
Are there any pitfalls?
It's important that your user stories have clear value to a user. Vague user stories make it harder to develop and test.