You have a user story for generating a contract document from a template. Which of the following is NOT required for the user story to be ready to build?

• A. The languages in which the document is to be generated
• B. The document template
• C. List of data points that should be dynamically populated in the document
• D. Author of the contract documents

Answer: (D)

When preparing a user story to build a contract generator, you need the pieces that define what will be produced and how it will be produced: the actual template that provides the document’s structure, the list of data points that will be filled into the template, and the languages in which the output should be generated. The template ensures there is a defined layout and placeholders, the data points tell the system what content needs to be inserted, and the language requirement governs localization and formatting for the output.

The author of the contract documents, while relevant to the business workflow or attribution, isn’t required for the generation capability itself. You can build the generator to produce documents from a template in multiple languages and populate them with the specified data points without specifying who authored the contract. Therefore, the author detail is not needed for the user story to be ready to build.