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4. Bugs vs stories vs chores

Work Tracking · 36 pages source format

Story = user value. Bug = broken expectation. Chore/task = maintenance. Mislabeling warps metrics and priority.

What you'll learn

  • Type heuristics
  • When a bug is a story
  • Tech debt tickets

Sorting hat

“Never built” usually isn’t a bug. “Used to work” usually is.

  • Bug — unintended behavior vs documented/prior behavior
  • Story — new or changed user-facing value
  • Chore — refactor, dependency bump, CI flake fix

Do this now

Sort 10 recent tickets into bug/story/chore. Fix 2 mislabels.

Clear?

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