User Story Mapping Workshop

Facilitate a user story mapping workshop for {{feature_area}}.

Participants: {{participants}}
Session duration: {{duration}}
Goal: {{goal}}

**Pre-Workshop:**
- Research to share
- Persona summaries
- Current journey state
- Materials needed (stickies, markers, board)

**Workshop Flow:**

**1. Frame the Problem (15 min)**
- User persona introduction
- Goal they are trying to achieve
- Current pain points

**2. Map the Backbone (20 min)**
- Identify major activities (big steps)
- Arrange left to right chronologically
- Validate completeness

**3. Detail the Steps (30 min)**
- Break activities into user tasks
- Arrange vertically under activities
- Add variations and edge cases

**4. Prioritize Releases (30 min)**
- Draw horizontal lines for releases
- Group stories into MVP, v1.1, v1.2
- Validate each slice is valuable

**5. Identify Gaps (15 min)**
- Missing stories?
- Technical enablers needed?
- Dependencies?

**6. Define Acceptance (20 min)**
- Success criteria for MVP
- Open questions to resolve
- Next steps

**Output:**
- Photographed story map
- Prioritized backlog
- Release plan
- Open questions list