Useful Resources For User Story Mapping

Whether you’re completely new to story mapping or you’re close to becoming a black-belt pro, we’ve got some useful resources for user story mapping for you.

We’ve collected the top:

short intros
advanced techniques and use-cases in detail
best story mapping tools out there.

Contents  Best places to go if you need a short intro into user story mapping
Whatresources for user story mapping to read after the intros
Longer (deeper) readings & videos on user story mapping
Practical resources for agile planning with story mapping
Top story mapping tools
Other handy resources for user story mapping

Best places to go if you need a short intro to user story mapping

It’s All in How You Slice – Design your project in working layers to avoid half-baked incremental releases – Jeff Patton, 2005, the first article, where it all begins, an eye opener, the essence in 6 pages, pdf
The new user story backlog is a map – Jeff Patton, 2008, similar to the previous, 10-minute read
User stories and use cases – don’t use both! – Shane Hastie, Angela Wick, 2014, for those who worked with uses cases, 15m read
Lean Startup + Story Mapping = Awesome Products Faster! – Brad Swanson, 2014, 24 slides
How Story Mapping Complements Agile Development – Matthew Heusser, 2014, “conversation with several experts on the topic” in a q&a format, 5m read
User Story Mapping: our choice as feature listing method – Andrea Giannangelo, 2010, 5m read

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What resources for user story mapping to read after the intros

How to create a User Story Map – Steve Rogalsky, 2012, 5m read
User Story Mapping in Practice – Steve Rogalsky, 2013, 70 slides
Tips for Facilitating a User Story Mapping Session – Steve Rogalsky, 2012, 2m read
How to Prioritize a User Story Map – Steve Rogalsky, 2013, 5m read
Don’t Etch your User Story Map in Stone – Steve Rogalsky, 2013, 5m read
Splitting user stories: the hamburger method – Gojko Adzic, 2012, another interesting method for making stories small from a technical perspective, 10m read
Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3? – Michael Wolfe, 2013, very well written Quora answer, 5m read

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Longer (deeper) readings & videos

Story Mapping for UX Practitioners: Tying Agile & UX Together – Jeff Patton, 2011, 90m video, accessible with 30 days free trial account
The book: User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product on Amazon and O’Reilly – Jeff Patton, 2014
Story Mapping – David Hussman, 2013, seems to be a record from DevJam’s training, 43m
Story Map, Slices, Customer Journeys and Other Product Design Tools – David Hussman, 2013, A presentation recorded at AgileSingapore, 1:18m
Jeff Patton Discusses Product Development, Agile, and Story Mapping – Interview with Jeff Patton by Todd Charron, 2014, 33m video