User Story Mapping

collaboratively building a detailed visual map of your user's needs

Katie Lee

UX Lead, Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego

What is a User Story?

A User Story is...

  • 1 + sentences in the everyday language of the user  that captures what they do or need to do as part of their job function
  • Used with agile software development methodologies as the basis for defining the functions a business system must provide, and to facilitate requirements management 
  • It captures the "who", "what" and "why" of a requirement in a simple, concise way (often limited in detail by what can be hand-written on a small paper notecard)

So, what is a User Story Map?

storiesonboard.com

Balsamiq

dynamic wireframing tool

Benefits

  • Lots of detail
  • Puts user needs/action in CONTEXT
  • Little cost
  • Great for increasing stakeholder trust
  • Provides framework for easily transforming chunks into releases/sprints
  • Makes requirements lists more understandable to developers
  • Delivers a product that actually meets users' need

Thanks!

Katie Lee

UX Lead, Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego

katielee@ucsd.edu

@katiedangerlee

 

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User Story Mapping

By Katie Frehafer

User Story Mapping

A collaborative technique to build a visual map of your dev project with which to understand user needs and inform Agile sprints

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