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Do tools exist for creating Agile/scrum Story Maps in TFS?

Is it possible to create a story map in my TFS board?

The answers I've seen to this question from other people do not meet my needs. Is there another option?

A story map is a backlog arranged along two dimensions, instead of just one. Stories along the horizontal dimension are like epics or the highest level of stories that give an MVP. The items extending from each of the horizontal items are the refinement or extension of those high-level items.

A couple of options are presented in this forum discussion: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/1085bd92-c6b3-479c-a6a7-3464c8e8f60d/is-anyone-using-story-mapping-with-tfs?forum=tfsgeneral

One is a PowerPoint-TFS integration plug-in that gives visualization capabilities to TFS, but it's not specifically for story mapping.

The second is a third-party tool that is simply too expensive to be considered: http://www.speclog.net/.

Thank you.

Solution

  • Actually, TFS has the User story mapping function, but it is not very same to that you described above. About the Agile/Scrum template in TFS, User Story/PBI could be mapped to Feature. Feature is the upper/parent level of User Story/PBI just like the MVP you mentioned above. About how to map a User Story to a Feature, please refer to this link: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/work/guidance/agile-process-workflow#map-user-stories-to-features.

    Also in the Agile/Scrum template, Feature could also be mapped to an Epic. You could also add many Tasks as the children of a User Story. The relationship between them shows in the below picuture. enter image description here

    In TFS, it provides many boards for you to track your work items. You could know find the mapping relationship from those board. In the Feature backlog board, you could find which User Stories under this Feature, and so on.

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    Note: To learn more about Agile/Scrum in TFS, please refer to the official document.

    Update:

    As a workaround, you could use Excel to export those User stories and Features and do a story map. You could refer to this blog: http://jimbrissononagile.blogspot.sg/2014/12/story-mapping-for-tfs-using-excel.html

    Here is an user voice about story mapping in TFS, you could vote or submit a new at this site: https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/330519-team-services/suggestions/4130976-create-a-new-view-in-tfs-task-board-to-view-backlo