Once you get it, story mapping is a simple yet very powerful technique. Use it to better define your product and find the weak spots where you need more customer info. Use it to plan and prioritize feature development and show progress to your stakeholders.
My presentation will mainly focus on the product owner’s perspective, but you can even use it to plan your vacation.
9. Why storymaps
✓ Clarification technique
✓ Communication support
✓ Maximize the work not done
✓ Improve time estimations
10. Building the storymap
✓ Define the user (persona)
✓ Define the goal
✓ Define the main steps towards achieving the goal
✓ Detail each step
✓ Review & update
! Build at any level of detail you need
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27. Using the storymap - self-help
✓ Find holes in your understanding of the problem / customers
✓ Put order in your thoughts
✓ Analyse the current situation
✓ Come up with alternatives & get feedback
28. Using the storymap - planning
✓ Involve the right people
✓ Really think about what matters
✓ Purpose: reach a solution that’s valuable, usable & feasible
✓ Look for minimum viable solutions to test assumptions
✓ … Make estimations?
who? what? why?
context of the user; what can go wrong + how you solve it; how long does it take to build?
understands the user and/or customer
understands the business goals
understands the technical difficulties & opportunities
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41. Using the storymap - implementing
✓ Measure implementation time per story
✓ Show progress
✓ Update storymap (break big stories, slice backlog)
✓ Update estimations
✓ Occasionally… have a beer