user story mapping workshop

NYC Scrum User Group

Dana Pylayeva5/21/2015

@DanaPylayevadpylayeva@gmail.com

Agile CoachScrum Master, CSM, CSP DBA ManagerSystems ArchitectJava DeveloperConference Co-Chair

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User Story Level

Big Picture

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Flat Backlog?It’s a TRAP!!

User Story Mapping:

• Helps focus conversations on users and their experience.

• Creates a shared understanding.

User Story Mapping:

• Allows to slice out your development strategy.

• Helps to find holes in your thinking.

User Story Mapping:

Keeps Details aligned with the Big Picture.

Helps To Find Your Persona - Generalized Target Audience

• Behavior patterns• Goals• Skills• Attitudes• Motivation• Environment

Big Apple Scrum Day Story Map - Example

User Story Mapping In a Nutshell:

Let’s Do Some Story Mapping!

Story Mapping:Write Your Story one Step at a Time

1.Think about the first thing you did this

morning when you woke up.

Write it down.

Get dressed

Check weather forecast

Brush teeth

Take a shower

Check Facebook Check

Twitter

Hit Snooze

Eat yogurt

Wake up daughter

Make

coffee

Story Mapping:2. Write the next one, keep writing

Stay in bed for another 15 min

Remind the kid about snack

Hit Snooze

Stay in bed for another 15 min

Take a shower

Brush teeth

Eat yogurt

Check Twitter

Make coffee

Check weather forecast

Check Facebook

Story Mapping:3. Organize your story

Use a narrative flow: First I did this, then I did this and

then I did that….

Hit Snooze

Stay in bed for another 15 min

Take a shower

Brush teeth

Eat yogurt

Check Twitter

Make coffee

Check weather forecast

Check Facebook

Story Mapping:3.Explore Alternative Stories

Eat bagel

Watch morning news on

TV

Have milk

Play “What if…”, use different personas

Alternatives, details,

variations

Hit Snooze

Stay in bed for another 15 min

Take a shower

Brush teeth

Eat yogurt

Check Twitter

Make coffee

Check weather forecast

Check Facebook

Story Mapping:4.Distill Your Map to Make a Backbone

Eat bagel

Watch morning news on

TV

Have milk

Aggregate Tasks into Activities, directed at a common goal.

Alternatives, details,

variations

Get up FoodHygiene News

Hit Snooze

Stay in bed for another 15 min

Take a shower

Brush teeth

Eat yogurt

Check Twitter

Make coffee

Check weather forecast

Check Facebook

Story Mapping:5.Slice Out Task to Reach Specific Outcome

Eat bagel

Watch morning news on

TV

Have milk

Identify all task and details relevant to a specific outcome

Alternatives, details,

variations

Get up FoodHygiene News

GOAL:Get

ready fast

GOAL:No rush,

take your time

User Story Mapping Bible

User Story Mapping:Morning in New York

GOAL: Get ready in New York Minute

GOAL: No rush, take your time…

Our MVP: Hygiene, Childcare, Get Dressed, Commute

Everything else is optional:News, Exercise, Food, Bonding, Pet Care @DanaPylayeva