# Strategic Planning
In the context of agile development and a Consortium with a diverse set of members, the application of various agile-development terms may mean different things to different individuals.
The table below defines the BDC Core Terminology:
| **Term** | **Definition/Description** | **Example** |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| User Narrative | Descriptions of a user interaction experience within the system from the perspective of a particular persona. User Narratives are further broken down into Features, Epics, and User Stories. Currently formulated into rough 6-month timelines to benchmark progress. | An experience bioinformatician wants to search TOPMed studies for a qualitative trait to be used in a GWAS study |
| Feature | A functionality at the system level that fulfills a meaningful stakeholder need
\*Level at which the BDC3 coordinates
| Search TOPMed datasets using PIC-SURE platform |
| Epic | A very large user story which can be broken down into executable stories
\*NHLBI’s cost-monitoring level
| PIC-SURE is accessible on BDC |
| User Stories | A backlog item that describes a requirement or functionality for a user
\*Finest level of PM Monitoring
| A user can access PIC-SURE through an icon on BDC to initiate search |
| Workstream | A collection of related features; orthogonal to a User Narrative | Workstreams impacted by the User Narrative above include:
- production system
- data analysis
- data access
- data management
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Project Management Approach PDF
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### Strategic Planning Documents Reviewed & Approved by NHLBI Leadership
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