https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/not-everything-needs-to-be-a-user-story-using-fdd-features Here's an older article by Mike Cohn where he talks about how to handle user stories that are more focused on back-end features and do not have custome-facing components. He advocates for a different syntax for these stories, leveraging FDD as example. Instead of saying "As a developer..." or "As a product owner..." say something like "Merge the data for duplicate transactions" (<action> the <result> <by!for!of!to> <object>) What does everyone think of this approach? How do you handle these types of user stories in your backlog? Thanks! Bob Shirley Team Lead, PMO Library of Congress (202) 707-0166