What are Acceptance Criteria (AC)?

Definition

Acceptance criteria (AC) are a formalized set of conditions that a specific user story or feature must meet in order to be considered complete and accepted by the product owner or stakeholder.

Details

Well-written acceptance criteria help developers understand what needs to be built, and help QA engineers know exactly what needs to be tested. Good ACs define the 'happy path' as well as edge cases and error states. AI tools like GenTestCase use Acceptance Criteria as the primary input for generating comprehensive test cases.