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title: "Start Development (User Story Workflow)"
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description: "Learn how developers move a User Story to the In Development state and begin tracking and managing its development workflow."
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# Start Development (User Story Workflow)

## Overview

This article discusses the first step of the Executing User Stories Workflow process: **Start Development**. This step allows Developers to push a created User Story to the **In Development** state, enabling it to be further tracked and managed. For more information about executing User Stories, please refer to [User Story Workflow (Developer Guide)](/v10/docs/user-story-workflow-developer-guide).

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1. Right-click on the assigned User Story and select **Start Work** from the context menu.![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2026-07-02_16h29_10.png)
2. This action opens a dialog to update the status of the User Story to **In Development**:![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2026-07-02_16h30_39.png)![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/2026-07-02_16h32_23.png)

After a User Story reaches the **In Development** state, additional actions become available:

| Action Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Commit Changes | This action allows Users to push any changes to a User Story once the work is completed. |
| Mark As Complete | Marks a User Story as complete. |
| Add Document | Documents can be attached using the **Add Document** action on the User Story. Documents can also be added from the **Activity** panel to provide extra context for reviewers (functionality, intent, and logic). |
| Add Entity | Add Entity enables Users to link Flows, Forms, etc, to a User Story for traceability. |
| Mark as On Hold | This action enables Users to mark a User Story as "On Hold" |