- Dedication
- Foreword by Martin Fowler
- Foreword by Alan Cooper
- Foreword by Marty Cagan
- Preface
- Read This First
- The Telephone Game
- Building Shared Understanding Is Disruptively Simple
- Stop Trying to Write Perfect Documents
- Good Documents Are Like Vacation Photos
- Document to Help Remember
- Talking About the Right Thing
- Now and Later
- Software Isn’t the Point
- OK, It’s Not Just About People
- Build Less
- More on the Dreaded “R” Word
- That’s All There Is to It
- 1. The Big Picture
- 2. Plan to Build Less
- Mapping Helps Big Groups Build Shared Understanding
- Mapping Helps You Spot Holes in Your Story
- There’s Always Too Much
- Slice Out a Minimum Viable Product Release
- Slice Out a Release Roadmap
- Don’t Prioritize Features—Prioritize Outcomes
- This Is Magic—Really, It Is
- Why We Argue So Much About MVP
- The New MVP Isn’t a Product at All!
- 3. Plan to Learn Faster
- 4. Plan to Finish on Time
- 5. You Already Know How
- 1. Write Out Your Story a Step at a Time
- 2. Organize Your Story
- 3. Explore Alternative Stories
- 4. Distill Your Map to Make a Backbone
- 5. Slice Out Tasks That Help You Reach a Specific Outcome
- That’s It! You’ve Learned All the Important Concepts
- Do Try This at Home, or at Work
- It’s a Now Map, Not a Later Map
- Try This for Real
- With Software It’s Harder
- The Map Is Just the Beginning
- 6. The Real Story About Stories
- 7. Telling Better Stories
- 8. It’s Not All on the Card
- 9. The Card Is Just the Beginning
- 10. Bake Stories Like Cake
- 11. Rock Breaking
- Size Always Matters
- Stories Are Like Rocks
- Epics Are Big Rocks Sometimes Used to Hit People
- Themes Organize Groups of Stories
- Forget Those Terms and Focus on Storytelling
- Start with Opportunities
- Discover a Minimum Viable Solution
- Dive into the Details of Each Story During Delivery
- Keep Talking as You Build
- Evaluate Each Piece
- Evaluate with Users and Customers
- Evaluate with Business Stakeholders
- Release and Keep Evaluating
- 12. Rock Breakers
- 13. Start with Opportunities
- 14. Using Discovery to Build Shared Understanding
- 15. Using Discovery for Validated Learning
- 16. Refine, Define, and Build
- 17. Stories Are Actually Like Asteroids
- 18. Learn from Everything You Build
- The End, or Is It?
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- Colophon
- Copyright
Dedication
For Stacy, Grace, and Zoe who are my biggest supporters and make all my effort worthwhile.
And in memory of Luke Barrett, a dear colleague and mentor of mine. Luke made a difference in my life as he did countless others.
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