User Story Mapping

1. User Story Mapping (USM)
Manik Choudhary, PMI-ACP, CSPO, PSM-1
manikchoudhary@yahoo.com
Picture Source: Jeff Patton www.AgileProductDesign.com

2. Disclaimer
 These are my personal opinions on the subject and in no way represent
that of my employer.

3. How do you combine Design and Development ?
Product Vision Product Backlogs Product Creation
Business Model Framework
Business Model Canvas / Lean Canvas
Design Thinking
User Story
Mapping
Lean / Scrum

4. Software Requirements
Use Case
Scenario User Stories
IEEE 830
http://astheqaworldturns.wordpress.com/category/software-development-life-cycle-sdlc/

5. Software Requirements - IEEE 830 Standards
 It Shall be possible to Search for the Books
 It Shall be possible to Pay for the Books
 It Shall be possible to order the Books
 It shall be possible to check the status of
ordered Books.
http://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/830-1998.html
 IEEE 830 Standards describe
behavior of the software not the
behavior or goals of a user
 It focus on a checklist of
requirements rather than on the users’
Goal
 Time consuming to write and Read

6. Backlogs
are usually flat
You don‘t get the big
picture
Why User Story ?
Source: Jeff Patton www.AgileProductDesign.com

7. User Story Mapping
Why User Story Mapping ?
User Story Mapping helps teams to get a common understanding of the requirements from the user's
point of view and it facilitates the backlog creation.
 The backlog quality improves & the team wins time
 Communication within the team, with other teams and with customers improves
The Three C’s of a User Story
 Card
 Written description of the Story used for
planning and as a reminder
 Conversation
 Flesh out the details of the Story
 Confirmation
 Tests that convey the document details
and can be used to determine when a
story is complete
As a <Persona>, I want to <feature> So
that <Value>
As a Carl I want to
use my credit card to
pay for books so that
it's convenient for
me.
Test with Visa Card
Test with Master Card
Test with Expired Card
ConfirmationConversation

8. A Good Story is - INVEST
 Independent
 Negotiable
 Value to users
 Estimable
 Small
 Testable
As Carl I want to
use my credit
card to pay for
books so that it's
convenient for
me.
Picture Source: Jeff Patton
www.AgileProductDesign.com

9. Who?
 Create the map with the whole team
 Enhance and validate the map with customers (End users and business
owners) and stakeholders
Picture Source: Jeff Patton www.AgileProductDesign.com

10. User Story Mapping – How it looks?

11. User Story Map - On Line Grocery Shopping Store
Usage Sequence
Logon
Search for
the Items
Search for
the Items
Place a
Order
Cash On
Delivery
User
Handling
Search Order Payment
Credit Card
Vision
Priority
Add to
Basket
BACKBONEWalkingSkeleton
fromhightolow
Time
Customer
Owner
As Owner, I want to search
(Via Free Text) for the
Items so that I can quickly
find out the stock of the
items
As Customer, I want to Pay
for the ordered Items using
Cash on Delivery so that I
don't have to enter
payment data on the
internet.
Slicing

13. References
 http://commonsenseux.com/ia/persona-template-for-axure/
 www.AgileProductDesign.com

14. Thank you !!
 Manik Choudhary
 manikchoudhary@yahoo.com
 Linked In - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/manik-choudhary-pmi-acp-cspo-
psm/1/54/529