StoriesOnBoard

User Story Mapping 101

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All you need to know about NextGen Story Map

NextGen Story Map

Learn about the importance of user personas and how to create them on StoriesOnBoard.

User Persona – NextGen

Customize cards with unique templates to deliver the right information.

User story template – NextGen

Learn more about how you can create and manage your user story map templates.

User story map templates - NextGen

Learn how to manage card colors to highlight more details.

Custom card colors – NextGen

Learn how to use custom statuses and map with issue trackers.

Custom workflow – NextGen

Take advantage of card annotations and customize your story map to deliver more information.

Story card annotations – NextGen

Learn more about how to configure card keys on the story map.

Card keys on the story map - NextGen

Learn how you can create notes on the story map or turn your cards to be transparent.

Transparent note cards - NextGen

Rename story map - NextGen

Learn more about how to link cards or mention users in the description of your cards.

Mention cards / users in cards' description

Copy/duplicate story map - NextGen

Learn more about you can add users to your story maps.

How to add users to your story maps - NextGen

Learn how you can manage visibility of your story maps.

Story map's visibility settings - NextGen

Learn more about ways you can create your story maps on StoriesOnBoard.

How to create a user story map - NextGen

Learn how you can share your story map via private or public link.

How to share the story map via private or public link - NextGen

Learn how you can customize the story map to enhance efficiency.

Story map customization

Learn more about how you can add new cards to your story map.

How to add new cards to your story map - NextGen

Learn how to prioritize user stories and how prioritization can support your projects.

User story prioritization – NextGen

Learn about your options to collaborate and assign users to story cards.

Assign users to story cards – NextGen

Learn more about your options to change multiple selected cards' properties.

Multiple card actions – NextGen

Learn about the benefits of collapsing top level cards' children on the board.

Collapse cards - NextGen

Learn more about how to export a story map into excel format.

How to export a story map into Excel - NextGen

Learn how to customize card titles to drive attention to them.

Simple formatting options in card title – NextGen

Learn how you can use filters on the story map and in release view.

How to use filters - NextGen

Learn more about the built-in search capability to find what you need on the board.

How to search for cards and details on the board - NextGen

Learn how you can copy and paste a card on your board or into another story maps.

Copy cards - NextGen

Learn more about how online users are displayed on the story map.

Online users / collaborators on the story map

Learn more how you can import new backlog items into your story map.

How to import user stories from Excel into an existing story map - NextGen

Learn more about how you can delete a backlog item.

How to delete/restore card(s) - NextGen

Learn more about how you can restore deleted cards from the trash bin.

How to restore deleted cards from the trash bin

Learn more about card history and compare versions as you go.

Card history & versioning overview

Learn more about what has changed since your last visit.

How to access board activities

Learn about activities can help you manage the story map.

Story map activities

Get an overview how to manage releases on StoriesOnBoard.

Release Management – NextGen

Learn how you can manage an ongoing release on release view to access the right information.

Release View - NextGen

Learn how Timeline View helps teams to oversee and plan releases.

Release Timeline View – NextGen

Learn more about the benefits of focus release and how to make release management more efficient.

Focus release - NextGen

Learn more about how you can archive your release or restore it if needed.

How to archive or restore a release - NextGen

Learn how to manage releases on the story map. 

Release management

There are ways to do the same job much faster. Learn how keyboard shortcuts work.

Keyboard Shortcuts – NextGen

Learn how notifications work and can support your work on StoriesOnBoard.

Notification Settings – NextGen

Learn how to archive a story map or how to restore them.

How to archive/restore story maps – NextGen

How to delete story maps – NextGen

Learn about how you can transfer your story map between workspaces.

How to transfer your story map between workspaces

Learn more about how you can navigate between interfaces.

How to navigate between the Classic and NextGen interface

Story map statistics

Story map settings

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