user story mapping overview

User Story MappingBy Ryan Thomas Hewitt

GOAL

ACTIVITIES

TASKS

STORIES

WHAT IS A STORY MAP?

BENEFITS

● Understand the end to end solution

● Structure requirements by user tasks + priority

● Helps with planning releases (i.e. slices)

● Becomes your product backlog

Example

SHOES COMPANY

GOAL

ACTIVITIES

TASKS

STORIES

We want to create a website selling shoes to teenagers. It’s called Shoes Company

SHOES COMPANY

GOAL

ACTIVITIES

TASKS

STORIES

Find a product View a product

Buy a product Add a product

SHOES COMPANY

GOAL

ACTIVITIES

TASKS

STORIES

Find a product

Browse navigation

3rd party search

View featured products

Search on site Read a Facebook post

Read a promo email

Read an advert

Read a text alert

SHOES COMPANY

GOAL

ACTIVITIES

TASKS

STORIES

Search on site

Search by keyword (e.g. Adidas, Nike, Jordans)

Filter by shoe size

Filter by colour

Sort by price

Sort by popularity

Find a product

SHOES COMPANY

Let’s tryActivities e.g. Investigate case

Tasks e.g. Attach evidence

Stories e.g. Attach photos, attach videos