Story Mapping Fundamentals

Learn by doing - experience what makes a good Story Map

Description

Documents don't work for shared understanding. Get better results by using a story map. It is a simple but powerful model that becomes even more powerful by blending in other models.

Starting from an initial set of stories derived from a vision, build a the Story Map annotated with problems, user values, user types (personas) and metrics. Get alignment with business goals to solve current business problems.

Learning Goals

• Outline the big picture of your product [Analyze]
• Explore (Slice out) viable releases [Analyze]
• Outline a Development Strategy [Analyze]
• Practice creating a Story Map for shared understanding [Apply]
• Determine less important requirements that can be deferred to another release [Apply]
• Explore ways to improves communication with the customer [Apply]
• Use MVP's to create a release strategy from a Story Map [Apply]

Subjects

• After completing this course you will have:

• Better understanding of the concepts behind Story Maps;

• Practical experience in creating a Story Map to create shared understanding in a group;

• Practical experience enriching a Story Map;

• Use Product Discovery to identify and validate hypotheses;

• Use MVP’s to create a Release Strategy from your Story Map;

• Better understanding the role of Story Mapping in software development;

• Received pointers that help you to organize Story Mapping workshops.