Customer Focused Requirements with Story Mapping Photo of Helene Gidley

Join us in a co-sponsored event with the Job Hackers Agile Meetup group based in California on gathering customer focused requirements.

Successful businesses emphasize customer focus throughout their development cycle. We accomplish this with our simple process called the Value Cycle. This workshop will cover a key component of this process, Story Mapping.

Story mapping is a process created by Jim Patton and published in his 2014 book User Story Mapping. Story mapping provides a shared understanding of the system being built, helping to generate requirements and build the initial product backlog.

Presented by Helene Gidley, this workshop includes building and refining a story map in groups, where attendees will gain insights into uncovering additional activities and streamlining processes.

About Helene:
Founder and organizer of the Agile Groupies Meetup since 2008. With over thirty years of experience in the IT industry at Fortune 500, startups, and mid-sized companies, Helene Gidley brings a broad and experienced outlook to coaching and training teams. She has been assisting teams in their Agile journeys since 2003.

As an entrepreneur, Helene has started two consulting firms focusing on improving personal and team productivity. Spending over 15 years as a certified Project Management Professional and working as a Project Manager in Information Technology, she incorporated the best of Project Management practices with Agile principles in building the Art of Agile Living practice, which is the focus of her book The Art of Agile Living.