User Story Mapping Advantages
User story maps have become a popular method in agile requirements planning. User Story Maps can turn your backlog into a 2D map instead of a traditional simple list. User story maps can solve the following problems:
- Make it easier for you to see the full picture of the backlog (Holistic view of backlog
- Better tools for new feature screening (backlog grooming & planning) and prioritization to help you make decisions
- Easy to use silent brainstorming mode (brainstorming) and other collaborative methods (team collaborative) to generate user stories
- Helps you better iteratively and incrementally develop while ensuring early releases validate the overall architecture and solution
- Provides a better alternative to traditional project planning
- Helps stimulate discussion and manage project scope
- Allows you to plan projects from multiple dimensions and ensures that different ideas can be adopted
Visual Paradigm User Story Map:
A story map is a four-level hierarchy of requirements gathering. A story map starts with a collection of user features received from different sources (i.e. to-dos) that will be implemented by performing some task as an activity. These tasks can be turned into epics and then into user stories for software development. Story Map Structure:
> Activities > Tasks > Epics > Stories
