p/storiesonboard
The user story mapping tool
Mátyás Gergő
StoriesOnBoard 2.0 — Build software that matters
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StoriesOnBoard is a visual product planning and collaboration tool. This is a tool where teams can break down ambitious goals into tangible pieces. By creating a story map you’ll be able to see the big picture any time so you can focus on your goals.
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Betsy Cohen
Been using this for a few months, after trying other story mapping tools. I love the balance of simplicity and flexibility, and the github integration is awesome. Story maps, release planning, product and portfolio roadmaps. Looking forward to some future enhancements to make it even better (bulk editing, please!)
Primer
I used StoriesOnBoard for years but recently moved to Avion (https://www.producthunt.com/post...). It's far superior. I have zero affiliation with Avion other than the fact that I'm a customer.
Árpád Tamás
Thanks for the honest feedback @mickc79! May I ask what did you miss from StoriesOnBoard that made the switch to Avion?
Susanne Kahle
No other way to say it: I love StoriesOnBoard very much - am using it for more than 2 years now and am especially impressed with the steady enhancement rate that could be established by the team during that period. Although as a product manager you are usually "forced" into ticketing systems provided by jira and others ... due to their history those follow a far more tech/dev-oriented approach - nowadays I use the much more product-focused StoriesOnBoard-features and at the same time the (by now) very powerful integration with Jira. In my opinion (even more during the actual times of video conferencing due to the social distancing peroid) it´s much easier to work (Product Manager, PO) with my customers when using the intuitive features StoriesOnBoards provides for User Mapping, Idea Mapping and Personas. And - also important - it's simply fun. Of course there are still some features I would wish for (I guess that's no surprise ) but some of my wishes have already been answered with card annotations, better searches and filters...
Mátyás Gergő
@programcat_r Thank you very much Susanne 😍 We're going to focus on user requests in the next few months so I hope you'll enjoy the features as well 👍
Mátyás Gergő
Hey hunters and makers! We’re very proud of introducing StoriesOnBoard 2.0...🚀 For those of you who never met us yet: The typical product backlog is an endless flat list of features that the team doesn’t understand. Nobody’s connected, nobody’s on the same page, and half of the product vision only exists inside your head. This is the main reason for missed deadlines and unnecessary features that eat away at your budget. StoriesOnBoard gives you perspective - so you can think about strategy. 🤔 It allows you to see what’s really important to the big picture, and understand exactly what the customers want. From there you can: ☑️ Share your product vision with colleagues or remote clients. ☑️ Implement the right features at the right time ☑️ Prioritize features into a release Then when it’s ready to implement, StoriesOnBoard integrates directly with your favorite project management software. We already have over 1,100 agile product teams amongst our customers.🥳 For those of you already familiar with StoriesOnBoard, there is a massive set of features improving the user experience: 👉radically redesigned user interface 👉 ample of UX improvements such as navigation and sharing options 👉 brand new commenting experience 👉 a wide set of features for involving non-technical members 👉 numerous improvements for a better collaboration eg board discussion, mentioning, notifications 👉 slack app - to follow the project on the go You can learn everything about it right here: https://storiesonboard.com Cheers Gergo CMO at StoriesOnBoard
Robert Zalaudek
Congrats to you and the team @gergo_matyas Anything that aids communication, prioritization and collaboration on software projects is awesome.
Andrew Kidd
Been working with this product for a few years now, and have to say it's invaluable for product and delivery team alike! ... Great product, and first class support! ... Thanks guys!
Mátyás Gergő
@daringfutures Thank you Andrew (on behalf of our support team)! 👍
Commonwealth Small States Centre of Exce
I loved StoriesOnBoard and it's ideal for my work structure, which is very much project-management oriented. All the workflows and ideas I want to implement, I manage to structure into a StoriesonBoard mindmap. The only trouble I find is that I find it hard to "translate" the content and relay the message to the receiver. Very often, my interlocutor are non PMs and very tech-averse. Anyone had any similar experience?
Mátyás Gergő
@csscoe_mt Thank you! It's thought-provoking! Do you think improving the support of 'content-translation' (with features and edu materials) could be helpful?
Ilya Eliashevsky
Great tool for blueprintIng, brainstorming, and mapping out a plan of attack for turning ideas in structured and priorities products ( and roadmaps.) Integrates/syncs with tools like Azure DevOps so the team doesn’t end up duplicating stories and efforts. Used this at my last start-up and current gig and def helps align the team when thinking big picture and wrangling new initiatives.
Mátyás Gergő
@illmasterflex Ilya, thanks for the feedback. Yes we tried to deliver the most sophisticated integration for Azure DevOps...and we still have ideas on our roadmap! 🗺
Jacek
I love StoriesOnBoard. It's a great product.
Mátyás Gergő
@jacek_wroblewski Thanks you very much! 😍
Christopher Dalid
Been working with this tool for a few years and in different organisations (I take it along where I go ;-) ). It gives great overview and visualisation and - and - and - it's easy to use (it's inspiring how far you can get without making things complicated for the end user!).
Daniel
One of the most powerful product backlog management tools. Incredibly flexible, versatile, and simple. For designers and pm's familiar with user story mapping and who care about delivering business value through an iterative experience to their customers and users. Furthermore Stories on Board offers two way sync with the most popular sprint backlog tools so no changes to what the development team prefers. Lastly, the team behind Stories on Board is first class, listens closely to their community, and has a long track record of delivering well thought out features and improvements.
Samy de Marne
Despite I love their support Team, the tool is missing some very important features to be used for enterprises: - There is no backup/restore mechanism (StoriesOnBoard 2.0 themself don't store versions of your map). So if anything happens, like a small bug (that happens) that wasted one week of my work, then you can't ask StoriesOnBoard 2.0Team to restore your previous work because they can't. - There is no "bulk actions". So when you project is made of 600 cards as mine, when you want to move multiple cards from a release to another, or change their color, or anything else, then you have to do it one by one. - There is no "search and replace". So when you want change a term or anything in your cards, you must edit each card manually. - There is no "full export" functionnality. So when you want to use the color or the labels or the Jira ID of your cards to make some reports or anything else, then you simply can't! - The meta-information are not synced with ticket tool. So when you change cards color or labels, you can't find it in your ticketing system and make filters on day to day actions (especially for the developers) - The search functionnality don't hide unmatched cards so you have to browser your map to see all the matching cards. Except these very important (to me) missing features, the tools is really useful for Agile Porjects. But maybe other tools do a better job? Sorry StoB Team for my negative comment. You're all very nice and it's not against you. It's just that I don't want people seeking for an Enterprise level tool being as disappointed as I am. You do a great job but you still have some efforts to do (including on the design to have a more modern interface).
Árpád Tamás
Thank you for the detailed feedback, @samy_de_marne! We don't take it as if it was against us, exactly the opposite! That's what we can learn form. Thanks again!