User Story Mapping
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Lyft boosts velocity by 20% with digital user story maps
September 2021
Why Lyft choose Easy Agile User Story Maps for their digital user story mapping.
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Performance Improvements For Easy Agile User Story Maps
September 2021
When some of our users with multi-project boards told us that they’ve been experiencing delays with the story map loading, we started investigating. We've now released some performance improvements that should make your user experience better.
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The Ultimate Agile Sprint Planning Guide [2021]
August 2021
Agile sprint planning sets up the success of each sprint. A great sprint planning session involves prioritizing backlog items and identifying your team capacity.
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The User Journey Map Begins With Epic Storytelling
June 2021
The customer journey map (CJM) involves epic storytelling and comprehensive planning to capture the design process and deliver a unique customer experience.
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Use Cases vs. User Stories: How They Differ and When to Use Them
June 2021
While software development doesn’t favor use cases vs. user stories, use cases offer many advantages, including more context, a planning skeleton, and more.
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5 Agile Estimation Tips To Help With Backlog Prioritization
May 2021
These five agile estimation techniques help prioritize a backlog so sprint planning is simple and fast. The bottom line? The most important work goes first.
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Agile Story Points: Measure Effort Like a Pro
March 2021
Agile story point estimation helps team members see a product’s priorities and the effort each item needs. It also gives you room to refine your story mapping.
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4 Best Jira Add-ons To Support Your Projects
March 2021
Jira add-ons are key to helping agile teams complete projects well and on time. A few of our favorites are from Pivot Report, JMWE, and (of course), Easy Agile.
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DEEP: The 4 Characteristics of a Good Product Backlog
March 2021
Learn how to ensure your product backlog is in excellent health by following the DEEP acronym.
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Agile Estimation Techniques: A Deep Dive Into T-Shirt Sizing
February 2021
T-shirt sizing is one of many agile estimation techniques that helps predict workloads and set realistic deadlines. It’s usually used to provide rough estimates.
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How To Handle Sprint Planning Meetings Like a Pro
February 2021
Thoughtful Sprint Planning meetings are key to a project’s success. At this 1-2 hour event, the Scrum team discusses the components of an upcoming sprint.
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Sprint Backlog 101: Never Stop Refining
February 2021
A sprint backlog should be continually updated to reflect market changes and customer needs. Here’s how sprint backlogs and their updates fit into agile teams.
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How To Avoid These 5 Agile Planning Mistakes
February 2021
Agile planning not only helps the team and stakeholders understand the upcoming project. It’s an ongoing process that adapts to changes as they occur.
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Buyer Personas: The Ultimate Guide
November 2020
Learn everything you need to know about buyer personas, including why they’re beneficial, how to create buyer personas, and a simple persona template to get you started.
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10 reasons why you should use story points
September 2020
Why every agile team should try using story points to estimate their work
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Online user story mapping for remote teams
August 2020
Remote user story mapping is quickly becoming the norm for agile teams. We cover 8 key considerations for a successful online user story mapping event.
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Help us improve your User Story Mapping experience
August 2020
We want to hear from you! Join us for a user testing session and we'll send you a free Easy Agile shirt to say thanks! 👕
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Better together: why we've put the user into User Story Maps
August 2020
There are some things so obvious that you wonder why it hasn’t happened sooner or how you ever lived without it. This is how we feel about our just-launched integration between Easy Agile User Story Maps and Easy Agile Personas.
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What is User Story Mapping?
August 2020
Get a clear user story mapping definition. We break down the components of user story mapping, alternatives, and what it looks like.
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Introduction to customer personas
July 2020
Great agile teams have a crystal clear image of who their customer is. Customer personas help bring to life the hopes, dreams and pain points of your customer so that you build features with empathy and care.
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Why User Story Mapping?
July 2020
Why is user story mapping so popular? In this post we cover why you should consider running story mapping sessions with your team and how to get started building your first story map.
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How to create a persona in 9 simple steps
May 2020
Not sure how to create a persona or want to make sure you’ve covered all your bases? Follow these 9 simple steps and create better customer personas with confidence.
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The Ultimate Guide to User Story Mapping [2021 Guide]
May 2020
The essential guide for agile teams who want to use user story maps. From user story mapping definitions and steps, to tools, examples, and tips for success.
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Why leading agile teams are obsessed with their customers
February 2020
Do you know your customers? As in, really know them? Let’s take a look at 7 reasons why it’s good to have a healthy level of customer obsession in your agile teams.
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How to Write Good User Stories in Agile Software Development
October 2019
The idea of writing good user stories can seem like another “thing” agile piles on top. However for Agile Software Development, writing good user stories is essential. Here's why.
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It’s a “game changer!” — Easy Agile User Story Maps 6.0
June 2019
This release is packed with significant improvements (including our most highly rated feature request), designed to make the day to day work of Product Managers and their teams easier!
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Customer Personas: How to Write Them and Why You Need Them In Agile Software Development
March 2018
Customer Personas are fictional generalisations of your most valuable customers. They help teams understand their customers by bringing together demographic information like age, gender, location, and income, alongside psychographic information like interests, frustrations and personal/professional motivations.
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From MVP to Product: A better story map
June 2017
Easy Agile User Story Maps Version 4 is here with huge performance improvements and a new look
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Anatomy of an Agile User Story Map
January 2017
A user story map is a collaborative practice that guides an agile team in the creation of their product backlog.
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Story Mapping at Twitter — Atlassian Summit 2016
January 2017
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Story Maps — A visual tool for customer focused development
July 2016
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