A (Brief) Introduction to Story Mapping
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A Brief Introduction to Story Mapping
By Zee Spencer
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LeanDogA N A G I L E S O F T W A R E S T U D I O
Tuesday, October 11, 11
What The Heck Is Story Mapping?!
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• Collaboratively Generated
• Big and Visible
• Prioritized
• Research and Experience Driven
• Holistic Use Cases
Story Maps Are
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Collaboratively Generated
Whole Team
Build Map
Do User Tests
Sanity Check
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Tuesday, October 11, 11
Collaboratively Generated
Whole Team
Build Map
Do User Tests
Sanity Check
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Tuesday, October 11, 11
Why?
• You Don’t Know Everything
• Knowledge Discovered is Usable
• Shared Experiences Build Empathy
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Big And Visible
Image from QuickLeft: http://quickleft.tumblr.com/post/790216941/getting-a-project-off-the-ground
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Experience Driven
• Begin seeding your map with tasks that your persona wants to accomplish
• Group them as patterns begin to emerge
• Use the groups as User Activities
• Run people through the story map to test your guesses
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Research Driven
• Start with your researched high level activities
• Write tasks which support the activities
• Use the groups as User Activities
• Run people through the story map to fill in holes that your research missed
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Prioritized
• Most important tasks go on the top
• Least important go on the bottom
• You can then use this map to guide your priorities as you start building
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Holistic Use Cases
• The work path is left to right (Unless you’re working in a country that reads right to left)
• Ought to reflect more than just the happy path
• Extend beyond the software!
• Focus on a single persona type. Paths through app changes based upon user
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So Let’s Do It!
• Go to the nearest innovation station
• Start making user tasks related to the project purpose statement and personas
• Assemble a story map!
• (You have 15 minutes! GO! GO! GO!)
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Now, Share Your Results!
• Team on the right, walk the team on the left through your story map. Listen to their questions and insights. Let them manipulate the board. You have 7 minutes. GO!
• Team Left show off to the team on the right. You have 7 minutes. GO!
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Now, Share Your Results!
• Team on the right, walk the team on the left through your story map. Listen to their questions and insights. Let them manipulate the board. You have 7 minutes. GO!
• Team Left show off to the team on the right. You have 7 minutes. GO!
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Iterate and Adapt
• Congrats! You just got some validated learning!
• Now start changing your board incorporating user feedback!
• You have 10 minutes: GO! GO! GO!
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So... Waddya Think?
• What are some advantages you may get from story mapping?
• What about disadvantages?
• What questions do you have?
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