The Story Map plugin is like a „card game“, which has two different card types: Stories and Epics. The Epic is the grouping unit, which contains its appropriate stories. With it the product owner has a powerful tool to manage all requirements even if it is a complex system without losing track of the big picture. It gives him the ability to tell a bigger story and the safety that he did not forget anything. Each card displays a compact set of information. This manual gives the user a detailed description of the provided functionality.
If you have technical questions refer to the installation how-to.
The Cards
- At the left top of the card the Issue Type is displayed. A Story Map consists of Stories and Epics, which can be grouped and ordered in different ways.
- The JIRA ID is linked to the standard JIRA-Issue, which will be shown in a new target window
- The Create Story button opens a dialog window to describe a new Story. This newly created Story will be related to the Epic.
- The Edit (Story or Epic) button opens a dialog window which allows editing the card.
- The Story Point field shows the ‘weight’ of a card. You can edit this field by clicking at the ‘edit’ button.
- The More button enlarge the card (only Stories) and let the related sub tasks appear.
- The Summary area shows the cards label and can be edited by the edit dialog.
- The Progress Bar shows the epic’s progress based on the story points of each related story.
- The Target Version is the related Sprint, where the story is applied to. This can be edited by the edit dialog.
- The Status Icon shows the standard JIRA status and the Priority Icon shows the standard JIRA priority:
Create a New Epic
At the top right position the ‘create new epic’ button is placed.
With it you can create a new epic card. After clicking the edit dialog will appear, where you can name it. Finally a new card will be placed at the right side of the map. Then you can start adding stories.
Drag and Drop
Each card can be moved from one epic to another. Just drag it and drop it at the desired epic.
A yellow frame shows if it is allowed to drop the card. After dragging the story will be saved and the progress bars will be refreshed automatically.
Sprint Planning
At the left side of the window a small menu can be faded in.
It shows all JIRA target version of the current project. By clicking at a sprint the related stories will vanish from the map. At this way you can focus on some particular sprints and manage your releases.
Alerts
Each interaction and each modification will be observed and logged.
If an action was performed successfully, it is confirmed by an alert window.
