From User Storymapping to High-Level Release Plan by Basia Coulter

This was a lightning talk presented on June 22, 2017 as part of the kick-off to the “Tools n Techniques” series. The event had six talks from local UX practitioners on their favorite UX tool or technique used to streamline their process, communicate more effectively, and help understand our users better. For more details on the event, check out the recap: https://medium.com/exploreux/recap-tools-n-techniques-kick-off-cc6f6ce03ca9

Basia Coulter from Caktus Group presented a talk on user storymapping based on the book User Story Mapping by Jeff Patton.

Each month, we'll be hosting Tools n Technique evenings based around focused and broad themes (e.g., the Sketch app, user research, etc.) If you're in the Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina) area, come join us (http://www.meetup.com/exploreUX-raleigh)! We're also looking for people to present and share their favorite UX tool or technique.

If you can't join us in person, join us online. We'll be posting event recaps as well as additional articles on tools and techniques on our Medium publication (http://www.medium.com/exploreux). We’d love to hear your thoughts and let us know if you’d like to contribute an article on your favorite tool or technique!

Transcript

1. From User Story Mapping To High Level Release Plan Basia Coulter, UX Designer at Caktus Group
2. Meet Caktus Group And we’re an agile shop….
3. Getting a Project Started with Discovery What is the problem we’re trying to solve? For whom are we solving this problem? How are we going to solve it?
4. Getting a Project Started with Discovery What is the problem we’re trying to solve? For whom are we solving this problem? How are we going to solve it?
5. Getting a Project Started with Discovery What is the problem we’re trying to solve? For whom are we solving this problem? How are we going to solve it?
6. Getting a Project Started with Discovery And we get a backlog…. What is the problem we’re trying to solve? For whom are we solving this problem? How are we going to solve it?
7. User Story Mapping Image source: User Story Mapping, Jeff Patton
8. User Types
9. The Backbone (Narrative Flow)
10. Examples of high level user tasks Manage Account Manage To-do List Share To-do List
11. User Tasks, Subtasks, Alternative Actions
12. Examples of tasks, subtasks, alternatives Delete Item Manage Account Manage To-do List Share To-do List Create Account Edit Account Edit Contact Info Edit Password Reset Password Add Item Share with multiple Share with another 
 account Copy item to another list
13. Defining the Most Valuable Feature Set
14. Example of Prioritization Delete Item Manage Account Manage To-do List Share To-do List Create Account Edit Account Edit Contact Info Edit Password Reset Password Add Item Share with multiple accounts Share with another 
 account Copy item to another list
15. What’s the Point? Image source: User Story Mapping by Jeff Patton
16. User Story Map for Real
17. Writing User Stories • Front of the card: As a [user type], I want 
 to [feature, functionality], so that [benefit] • Back of the card: Acceptance criteria
18. Estimating User Stories • Story points! Modified Fibonacci scale
19. High Level Release Plan Release plan by PO, Daryl Riethof
20. “Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” General Dwight David Eisenhower