CAPM Practice: Determine how to document project controls for an adaptive project

INVEST is a mnemonic for good user story characteristics: Independent (can be completed without depending on another story), Negotiable (details are flexible), Valuable (delivers value to the user or customer), Estimable (team can size it), Small (fits in a sprint), Testable (acceptance criteria can be verified). Stories that meet INVEST criteria are ready for sprint planning and enable smooth iteration.

**Why not A:** "Identify, Note, Validate, Execute, Substantiate, Track" is not a recognized project management or agile framework acronym. This option fabricates a plausible-sounding but incorrect expansion that focuses on process steps rather than the quality characteristics of a user story that INVEST is meant to evaluate.

**Why not B:** "Implement, Notify, Verify, Enumerate, Size, Test" is also a fabricated expansion. While some of the verbs relate loosely to software activities, the acronym describes execution tasks rather than the structural qualities—such as independence, negotiability, and value—that make a user story well-formed and ready for sprint planning.

**Why not C:** "Integrate, Navigate, Verify, Estimate, Specify, Test" captures a few relevant terms (Estimate, Test) but incorrectly fills the other positions. The key distinctions that make a story work well in agile—whether it stands alone, whether it delivers business value, whether it is appropriately sized—are missing entirely from this expansion.