Exploring user stories through mind mapping
Gathering and writing “User Stories” is always a challenging activity and interview skills are the primary factor that makes the activity effective. In this session, I propose a method for exploring “User Wish” — user’s vague ideas before shaping user stories — using semi-structured interview with mind maps. The former half of the session is an introduction of mind maping and how to use it in user story exploration. The latter half will be a demonstration and workshop of attendees.
- What is a Mind map and Why ?
- How Software Development Benefits from Using Mind Maps
- User Stories and Mind Maps — exploring user wish through mind mapping
- Demonstration and Hands-on workshop
This session’s original idea is written in my article “Agile Modeling with Mind Map and UML”. (but UML part is omitted in this session)
The resulting mind maps are like this. (“City Library System” user wish mind map)
The former half of the session is an introduction of mind maping and how to use it in user story exploration. The latter half will be a demonstration and workshop of attendees.
I’m author of a Japanese book “Mind mapping for Software Development: how graphical communication works”