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Story maps

Story maps

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Story maps

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- A user's story map is a powerful visual that helps the entire team see the forest though the trees. By organizing user stories in a visual format. A story map is all about telling the whole story versus a small part of it. It's a technique that keeps the team focused on the user experience and results in better dialogue and conversation. To create a user story map we take all of the user stories for a product release and place them into a sequence of how a customer uses the product. From the left to the right. The vertical columns of the story map provide details under the higher level story or theme. For example, in our go health app, the first set of stories on the left would be about the user logging in and connecting to the club. Then, a logical sequence of actions a user many take would follow to the right. When creating a story map, don't get caught up in finding the perfect order for the stories and features. Sometimes there isn't a perfect order. And it's more important to…

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