Exploring User Stories through Mind Mapping Kenji HIRANABE Change Vision, Inc. User Wish Big Picture Mind Map User Stories Why? Who? When? Estimate, Plan, Prioritize, Test value role

Objectives To understand what is Mind Mapping and how software development can benefit from it. To experience how to use Mind Maps to explore user wish and carve out User Stories .

To understand what is Mind Mapping and how software development can benefit from it.

To experience how to use Mind Maps to explore user wish and carve out User Stories .

Agenda Introduction What is a Mind Map and Why How Software Development Benefits from Using Mind Maps Exploring User Wish using Mind Mapping Demonstration Let’s try ! Conclusion

Introduction

What is a Mind Map and Why

How Software Development Benefits from Using Mind Maps

Exploring User Wish using Mind Mapping

Demonstration

Let’s try !

Conclusion

Kenji HIRANABE(1/2) (co-)Translator of … XP/ Agile books (co-)Author of … C++ book OO, UML books Mind Map book

(co-)Translator of …

(co-)Author of …

Kenji HIRANABE(2/2) CEO of Change Vision, Inc. JUDE – UML editor With Mind Map, ERD http://jude.change-vision.com/ TRICHORD – Agile Project Kanban Board Kanban, Parking Lot, http://trichord.change-vision.com/ Burndowns, Smiley Calendar

CEO of Change Vision, Inc.

JUDE – UML editor

With Mind Map, ERD

http://jude.change-vision.com/

TRICHORD – Agile Project Kanban Board

Kanban, Parking Lot,

http://trichord.change-vision.com/

Burndowns, Smiley Calendar

At Agile2008 I talked about … Learning Kaizen from Toyota [with Mind Maps] New Car Development in Toyota Exploring User Stories through Mind Mapping Dear XP – a song at the party

I talked about …

Learning Kaizen from Toyota [with Mind Maps]

New Car Development in Toyota

Exploring User Stories through Mind Mapping

Dear XP – a song at the party

Stickyminds.com article “Agile Modeling with Mind Map and UML” Search: stickyminds Kenji HIRANABE

Mind Map Tony Buzan Graphical note technique Visualize thoughts with a radiant structure Keyword Oriented Loose syntax and semantics Fast and Easy High level View Evocative Explore and Gather Ideas

Tony Buzan

Graphical note technique

Visualize thoughts with a radiant structure

Keyword Oriented

Loose syntax and semantics

Fast and Easy

High level View

Evocative

Explore and Gather Ideas

da Vinci uses Pictures and Words at the same time

Mind Mapping Examples …

Examples …

Kent Beck’s XP 2nd

Retrospectives using Keep/Problem/Try format

Product Feature Map in Release Planning

Seminar Ideas

Project Christmas Planning

Meeting Minutes Template

Design Patterns

Mastering the Requirements Process by Suzanne and James Robertson, 1999.

Self-Introduction Mind Map Central Image Your name and your Icon What describes you most BOI’s may be, Why (you came to Tronto)? What (do you do) ? Favorites (sessions so far) 3-minute introduction in pairs

Central Image

Your name and your Icon

What describes you most

BOI’s may be,

Why (you came to Tronto)?

What (do you do) ?

Favorites (sessions so far)

3-minute introduction in pairs

User Stores: Ron Jeffries’ 3 Cs Card Written on note cards. Cards may be annotated with estimates, notes, etc. Conversation Details behind the story come out during conversation with customer Confirm Acceptance tests confirm the story was coded correctly

Card

Written on note cards.

Cards may be annotated with estimates, notes, etc.

Conversation

Details behind the story come out during conversation with customer

Confirm

Acceptance tests confirm the story was coded correctly

User Stories: Mike Cohn Shift focus from writing to talking Metaphor of Trawling (by Suzanne and James Robertson) Requirements can be captured with different sized nets Requirements change, mature, possibly die Skill is a factor Avoid “The user”, find “Roles” In order to <benefit>, as a <role>, I want to <story>,

Shift focus from writing to talking

Metaphor of Trawling (by Suzanne and James Robertson)

Requirements can be captured with different sized nets

Requirements change, mature, possibly die

Skill is a factor

Avoid “The user”, find “Roles”

In order to <benefit>, as a <role>, I want to <story>,

Why Mind Map and User Stories Fit ? Shift focus from writing to talking “ Story cards” are ticket to conversation. Needs to be “evocative” Mind maps preserve “context” … playback effect Trawl requirements with coarse sized net first An architect users mind maps before drawings, to avoid getting into too specific areas in early phase. Some important information is expressed with emotion, which cannot be captured in documents. Use your right brain ! Emotion! Colors, and Pictures ! To fully utilize broadband communication and preserve it in your brain, as the same time, keep it into a mind map as a memento of the situation. In the future conversation, you can use it to resume the context back.

Shift focus from writing to talking

“ Story cards” are ticket to conversation.

Needs to be “evocative”

Mind maps preserve “context” … playback effect

Trawl requirements with coarse sized net first

An architect users mind maps before drawings, to avoid getting into too specific areas in early phase.

Some important information is expressed with emotion, which cannot be captured in documents.

Use your right brain ! Emotion! Colors, and Pictures ! To fully utilize broadband communication and preserve it in your brain, as the same time, keep it into a mind map as a memento of the situation. In the future conversation, you can use it to resume the context back.

Mastering the Requirements Process by Suzanne and James Robertson, 1999.

User Wish Mind Map The first step of getting what you want. Get the Big Picture . Who ? first. Semi-structured. Gather info and mine UseCases / User Stories .

The first step of getting what you want.

Get the Big Picture .

Who ? first.

Semi-structured.

Gather info and mine UseCases / User Stories .

Demonstration City Library System Interview…

City Library System Interview…

Library Interview Mind Map

UseCase Diagram

User Stories Mind Map

The big picture of this presentation User Wish Big Picture Mind Map User Stories Why? Who? When? Estimate, Plan, Prioritize, Test value role

Conclusion Mind Mapping is effective when Gathering Information Exploring topics freely User interview with Mind Mapping Is Semi-structured Gives a high-level view of user wish Creates a big picture of the user wish from which you can carve out good use cases or user stories. Why, Who, When are good input to user stories.

Mind Mapping is effective when

Gathering Information

Exploring topics freely

User interview with Mind Mapping

Is Semi-structured

Gives a high-level view of user wish

Creates a big picture of the user wish from which you can carve out good use cases or user stories.

Why, Who, When are good input to user stories.

The mind map tool JUDE – UML editor With Mind Map, ERD, DFD http://jude.change-vision.com/

JUDE – UML editor

With Mind Map, ERD, DFD

http://jude.change-vision.com/

User Stories Spreadsheet Also to PowerPoint!