STORY MAPPING & EXAMPLE MAPPING

MASHUP

JoEllen Carter @testaciousLisa Crispin @lisacrispin

PREVIEW

Techniques to build shared understandingProduct, feature, release levelStory level

Deliver business value frequently, at a sustainable pace

WHY TEST EARLY?Explore assumptions

Clarify expectations

Identify gaps in flow

Discover the ‘right thing’ to build

ASK TESTING QUESTIONS EARLY

Does this thing do what I want it to do?Is the thing I want it to do the right thing to

do?What are the unexpected things that can

happen?What are the undesirable things that can

happen? What are the happy accidents?

Testing is THINKING.

STORY + EXAMPLE MAPPING

STORY MAPPING JEFF PATTON, USER STORY MAPPING

Story - tells an actual story about someone doing something, and why

Story Map - tells the bigger story of a product or feature

We are storytellers.

WHAT IS STORY MAPPING?

Organizes stories to show the big picture

Goal - The thing you want to accomplishActivities (biggest pieces) Tasks (or steps) Sub-tasks (smallest bits)

STORY MAP TEMPLATE

STORY MAPPING BASICS

Why?

When?

Who?

How?

WORLD CUP VIEWING PARTY

STORY MAPPING HANDS-ON• Each table is set up with instructions and materials for

an exercise. Each exercise is available at 3 tables.• There are 3 different exercises. Make sure you do all

three – save your work on a piece of big paper.• Exercise #1 – Choose an MVP• Exercise #2 – Story map a common activity• Exercise #3 – Arrange cards into a story map

• You have 10 minutes per exercise.

STORY MAPPING DE-BRIEFTake 5 minutes to walk around and see all the varieties of response.

What was easy? Hard?

What would you approach differently next time?

How can your team incorporate story mapping?

BREAK!

Come back for Part 2 – Example Mapping!

HAVE A CONVERSATION

EXAMPLE MAPPING BASICS

Why?

When?

Who?

How?

EXAMPLE MAPPING

EXAMPLE MAPPING ‘EXAMPLE’

EXAMPLE MAPPING HANDS-ON• Each table is set up instructions and materials for an

exercise. Each exercise is available at 3 tables.• There are 3 different exercises. Make sure you do all

three – save your work on a piece of big paper.• Exercise #1 – Sort cards into rules and examples• Exercise #2 – Create your own example map• Exercise #3 – Guess rules from examples

• You have 10 minutes per exercise.

EXAMPLE MAPPING DE-BRIEFTake 5 minutes to walk around and see all the varieties of response.

What did these exercises show you?

What did you learn?

Are rules or examples better?

Why or why not?

TIPS FOR TRYING WITH YOUR TEAM

Will you try these activities with your team?

What challenges will you face with your team?

How will your team benefit?

WANT TO KNOW MORE? Jeff Patton, User Story Mapping, 2014 2 Page Cheat Sheet: http://bit.ly/2gHTFtY

Matt Wynne, "Introducing Example Mapping", http://bit.ly/1iw19w4

Michael Larsen, “Unchartered Waters”, http://bit.ly/1NMYyww Kishen Simbhoedatpanday, “Example Mapping–Steering the Conversation”, http://bit.ly/1Qlnz0y

Lisa Crispin, “Experiment with Example Mapping”, http://lisacrispin.com/2016/06/02/experiment-example-mapping/

ATD Discount: http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/crispin