User Story Mapping

User Story Mapping is Jeff Patton's technique for organizing user stories into a visual map that shows the complete user experience and helps slice work into releases.

When to Use This Skill

Keywords: story map, user story map, backbone, walking skeleton, MVP, release planning, user journey, story slicing, Jeff Patton, Agile discovery

Use this skill when:

• Organizing elicited requirements into deliverable increments
• Defining MVP scope from a large set of requirements
• Visualizing the user journey across features
• Planning releases with clear user value
• Slicing large epics into shippable stories
• Communicating product vision to stakeholders

Core Concepts