User Story Mapping at Scale

by Luke Hohmann, Jeff Patton

User story mapping is a powerful tool for understanding workflows and complex aspects of system behavior. By arranging stories according to user goals and identifying ways to increasingly improve how a user can realize their objectives, user story maps help identify holes and omissions in your backlog, improve release planning, and ensure that higher-order goals are realized.

In this Collaboration at Scale webinar, we explored the opportunities and challenges that large distributed teams face when creating and using user story maps.

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Presenter(s)

Luke Hohmann

Luke Hohmann is the founder and CEO of Conteneo Inc. (formerly the Innovation Games® Company). Conteneo’s enterprise software platforms and professional services merge collaboration frameworks, data analytics, and domain expertise to help organizations optimize decision making in the areas of strategy, innovation, sales, product development, and market research. Luke is also cofounder of Every Voice Engaged Foundation (EVEF), a 501(c)3 nonprofit that that helps citizens, governments, and other nonprofit organizations collaborate at scale to solve technical and wicked problems. EVEF has been a leader in the Participatory Budgeting movement, helping citizens prioritize hundreds of millions of dollars through budget games. EVEF has also partnered with the Kettering Foundation to create Common Ground for Action, the first platform for scalable deliberative decision making. Supported by both Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance, Luke is thankful for the thousands of colleagues from the Agile community who have donated their time to EVEF.

Jeff Patton

Jeff Patton helps companies adopt a way of working that’s focused on building great products, not just building stuff faster. Jeff blends a mixture of Agile thinking, Lean and Lean Startup Thinking, UX design, and design thinking to end up with a holistic, product-centric way of working. Jeff is author of the bestselling O’Reilly book User Story Mapping, which outlines a simple holistic approach to using stories in Agile development without losing sight of the big picture. You can learn more about Jeff by visiting jpattonassociates.com.