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User Story Mapping in Practice: From Chaos to a Clear Backlog

calender March 10, 2026
place BASTA 2026
André Krämer bei einem Vortrag

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Many projects start with lengthy requirement catalogs, specifications, and still end up in misunderstandings, endless discussions, delayed releases, and skyrocketing costs. User Story Mapping offers a simple yet highly effective approach to think about products from the user’s perspective, create shared understanding, and move step by step from the big picture to the actual product.

In this talk, Microsoft MVP André Krämer demonstrates how to make your product vision visible, shape user journeys tangibly, and simultaneously structure your backlog using story maps. Through concrete examples, you will learn how to create maps as a team, prioritize them, and translate them into actionable iterations. You will discover how story mapping reduces misunderstandings, increases transparency, and drives your projects to success faster.

This talk is also listed on andrekraemer.de.

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André Krämer

CEO & FOUNDER OF QUALITY BYTES GMBH, MICROSOFT MVP, .NET MAUI CONTRIBUTOR


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What does your software already do – and what not yet?

POTENTIAL
Where can mobile, Text Control, or modernization create real impact?

KICKOFF
What first steps make sense – with no detours.