The document discusses story mapping and its benefits over traditional documentation methods. It provides a brief history of requirements documentation and introduces story mapping as a human-readable, visual aid that reflects the user experience. An example story map for a sedan booking app is presented, showing how stories can be organized into categories and estimated with story points. The document then covers delivering in minimum viable product increments and using story maps to plan sprints, before concluding with thoughts on the challenges of shared understanding and conversation over documentation.

1. ASTORYMAPIS
WORTHA
THOUSANDWORDS

2. @elliotsusel

3. WHOAREYOU?
PRODUCT OWNER OR MANAGER
SCRUM MASTER OR PROJECT MANAGER
SOFTWARE ENGR OR QA ENGR
UI OR UX DESIGNER

4. AGENDA
Documentation - a brief history
Story Mapping
Breakout
Delivery
Q&A

5. Documentation
ABriefHistory

6. 30BA completely unscientific estimation of the
# of Tears shed over requirements that
start with “The System Shall”

7. SRSSystem Requirements Specification

8. SRSLY?
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_requirements_specification

9. RTMRequirements Traceability Matrix

10. Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traceability_matrix

11. BacklogBut we’re Agile!

12. Source: Atlassian University
https://university.atlassian.com/uac/2.0/courses/end-user/jira-
agile/v59/rapid-board/rapid-board-scrum/lessonSections/01/
lessonSectionSteps/0/tourImageBinary/greenhopper59--rapid-
board-for-scrum6.png

13. STORY
MAPPING

14. STORYMAP= SCOPE DOC
HUMAN-READABLE
HIGH-LEVEL
VISUAL AID
SIMPLE
REFLECTS USER EXPERIENCE

15. Story Mapping (as I learned it)

16. Registration Booking Payment
Enter Contact
Information
Add Credit
Card
Set Password
In-app
Payment
Confirmation
Receive
updates on my
Sedan
Charge Credit
Card
Set pickup
details
Email Receipt
to Rider
Confirm Pickup
Details
SEDAN BOOKING APP

17. STORYMAP= SCOPE DOC
HUMAN-READABLE
HIGH-LEVEL
VISUAL AID
SIMPLE
REFLECTS USER EXPERIENCE

18. Registration Booking Payment
Enter Contact
Information
Add Credit
Card
Set Password
In-app
Payment
Confirmation
Receive
updates on my
Sedan
Charge Credit
Card
Set pickup
details
Email Receipt
to Rider
Confirm Pickup
Details
13
3
8
5
1
20
20
5
3
WITH STORY POINTS
SEDAN BOOKING APP

19. Registration Booking Payment
Enter Contact
Information
Add Credit
Card
Set Password
In-app
Payment
Confirmation
Receive
updates on my
Sedan
Charge Credit
Card
Set pickup
details
Email Receipt
to Rider
Confirm Pickup
Details
13
3
8
5
1
20
20
5
3
WITH STORY POINTS AND VERSION #
v1 v2
Key
Story
Points
SEDAN BOOKING APP

21. Story Map Layout

22. Registration Booking Payment
Enter Contact
Information
Enter Credit
Card
Set Password
In-app
Payment
Confirmation
Receive
updates on my
Sedan
Charge Credit
Card
Set pickup
details
Email Receipt
to Rider
Confirm Pickup
Details
SEDAN BOOKING APP

23. Registration
Enter Contact
Information
First Name
Set Password
Enter Credit
Card
Last Name
Email
CC #
CVV
Expiration
Date
Enter
Password
SEDAN BOOKING APP

24. SEDAN BOOKING APP

25. Account for WHO and WHY

26. BREAKOUT

27. Story Map your Morning Routine
STEPS:
1. List all the things that you do in the morning (one post-it each)
2. Group post-its into categories
3. Arrange as a user story map, fill in gaps or add tasks/subtasks
4. We’ll regroup, and explain our story maps

28. DELIVERY

29. MVP
Highest return on
investment versus risk

30. Landing Page
It looks real
You quickly discover it’s not yet built
Hopefully you give us your contact info

31. Wizard of Oz
It looks real
Behind the scenes it’s manual
But we don’t tell you that

32. Concierge
It looks real
Behind the scenes it’s manual
And we let you know it’s manual

33. Piecemeal
It looks real
We use existing tools
We may or may not let you know that

34. SEDAN BOOKING APP

35. SEDAN BOOKING APP

36. Registration Booking Payment
Enter Contact
Information
Add Credit
Card
Set Password
In-app
Payment
Confirmation
Receive
updates on my
Sedan
Charge Credit
Card
Set pickup
details
Email Receipt
to Rider
Confirm Pickup
Details
13
3
8
5
1
20
20
5
3
v1 v2
Key
Story
Points
SEDAN BOOKING APP

37. SPRINT THEMES
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
Team
Awesome
SEDAN BOOKING APP

38. SPRINT THEMES
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
Team
Awesome
Registration v1 Booking v1 Add CC,
Charge CC
Confirm Payment,
Email Receipt
SEDAN BOOKING APP

39. STEP 1: LIST TEAMS & ITERATIONS
MULTIPLE TEAMS

40. STEP 2: ADD PROJECTS
MULTIPLE TEAMS

41. STEP 2 CONTINUED
MULTIPLE TEAMS

42. STEP 2 CONTINUED
MULTIPLE TEAMS

43. REALITY IS NOT ALWAYS PRETTY
MULTIPLE TEAMS

44. CONCLUDING
THOUGHTS

45. SHARED UNDERSTANDING
IS NOT EASY

46. FAST&ITERATIVE > BIG HONKIN’ DOC

47. CONVERSATION > DOCUMENTATION

48. STORY MAP != CONVERSATION
!= REQUIREMENTS
== VISION
!= USER EXPERIENCE

49. Questions?elliot.susel@gmail.com

50. Tools
Google Drawing
CardBoard
JIRA – Story Map Plugin
StoriesOnBoard
FeatureMap
SmartView

51. Sources & Resources
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_requirements_specification
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traceability_matrix
Envato:
http://marketblog.envato.com/ux/straightforward-tactics-testing-minimum-viable-products/
The Next Web:
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/11/12/15-ways-test-minimum-viable-product/
Atlassian University:
https://university.atlassian.com/uac/2.0/courses/end-user/jira-agile/v59/rapid-board/rapid-board-scrum/lessonSections/
01/lessonSectionSteps/0/tourImageBinary/greenhopper59--rapid-board-for-scrum6.png
Quick Landing Pages:
QuickMVP.com
Launchrock.com
Recommended Reading List:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kfub4LUEEREI9ThHSy045fLF-YWf9fsNYVfloONya2k/edit