User Story Refinement Session overview

Refines backlog items into implementation-ready user stories -- reviewing upcoming stories for clarity and completeness with the development team, defining acceptance criteria using Given-When-Then or equivalent structured formats, decomposing epics into appropriately sized stories that can be completed within a sprint, identifying technical dependencies, integration points, and prerequisite work, conducting estimation using story points or t-shirt sizing with the team, and flagging stories that require design spikes, architecture decisions, or stakeholder clarification. Produces refined user stories with acceptance criteria, estimates, and dependency map. Excludes sprint planning and task assignment.