User Story Mapping: Why, Who, What, and How with Alba Uribe and Michael Guiler

Published: Nov. 19, 2021, 1 p.m.

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This week, Dan Neumann is joined by two AgileThought colleagues, Alba Uribe and Michael Guiler, to explore the concept of User Story Mapping.

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In this episode, Dan, Alba, and Michael are diving deep into different approaches to starting backlog; they describe the benefits of story mapping and explain why it is a great tool to achieve a shared understanding throughout the whole team. Listen to this episode to achieve a comprehensive understanding of Story Mapping with various examples that will help you put this concept into practice.

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Key Takeaways

\\u25cf Why is Story Mapping a great way to create a product backlog?

\\u25cb All the team can see the overall vision and what is in the mind of the product owner.

\\u25cb It is a way to identify the release strategy.

\\u25cb Story Mapping can be a helpful tool when change needs to be embraced.

\\u25cf Mechanics about how to create a User Story Map.

\\u25cb Who? Story Mapping starts with the user.

\\u25cb What are the goals to achieve? A journey map for the team including all pain points.

\\u25cb How? Identify how to address those pain points.

\\u25cb Organizing left to right and top to bottom.

\\u25cf Examples of Story Mapping and Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

\\u25cb Alba shares how she uses Story Mapping in her work as an artist.

\\u25cf Story Mapping can go wrong.

\\u25cb Not knowing how to identify your MVP.

\\u25cb Having difficulty identifying opportunities for learning.

\\u25cb The what and the why need to be addressed for Story Mapping, not just the how.

\\u25cb Having someone with experience in Story Mapping is hugely important for the process to develop the best way possible.

\\u25cb There need to be conversations about how Story Mapping will be done.

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Mentioned in this Episode:

User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product, by Jeff Patton and Peter Economy

Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition, by Lyssa Adkins

Medical Medium: Cleanse to Heal, by Anthony Williams

Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale, by Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, and Barry O\\u2019Reilly

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