User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it.This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better conversations about the project throughout the development process. Your team will learn to come away with a shared understanding of what you're attempting to build and why

• The big picture
• Plan to build less
• Plan to learn faster
• Plan to finish on time
• You already know how
• The story about stories
• Telling better stories
• It's not all on the card
• The card is just the beginning
• Bake stories like cake
• Rock breaking
• Rock breakers
• Start with opportunities
• Using discovery to build shared understanding
• Using discovery for validated learning
• Refine, define, and build
• Stories are actually like asteroids
• Learn from everything you build
• The end, or is it?