Acceptance Criteria Glossary Definition

Term Acceptance Criteria
Definition

Acceptance Criteria are specific conditions that a product, feature, or requirement must satisfy to be accepted by stakeholders or users.

Context & Usage

They appear in user stories, requirements specifications, test planning, and regulated-system validation because they connect business intent to observable behavior.

Related concepts include Software Requirement, Traceability Matrix and Software Validation.

Business analysts, project managers, and delivery teams use this concept to clarify what must be delivered and how changes or acceptance decisions will be handled.

Categories Technical Writing and Documentation, Software Development and Programming