Why Short User Stories are a
Competitive Advantage
Allan Berger
Design & UX, Co-Founder & CCO

Allan Berger
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allan@blossom.io
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What is a user story?
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Competitive Advantage
Release earlier & often
Earlier market feedback
Iterate on learnings
Higher quality support & response times
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Dimensional Planning
How does it work?
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Dirt Road

Cobblestone Road

Asphalted Road

Highway

Example: Login Form
Dirt Road: Input Fields & Submit Button
Cobblestone Road: Autofill
Asphalted Road: Save Password
Highway: User Avatar
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Apply to multiple Areas
Content Marketing
Design & UX
Code
Feature Development
…
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Ask yourself if the effort is applicable
Is it worth it to build the Cobblestone Road now?
!
Shall we rather build a Highway Version of a
heavy used feature?
!
Do we need an Asphalted Road of this code part?
!
Does the customer gain benefit if we ship just
the Dirt Road now?
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Mindset to ship continuously
“
Would this version of the
product deliver more value to
the customer than the one
that’s currently live?
”
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Thank you
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