Step 4 – Naming the activities

The final step is to look at the User Story Map from the perspective of the activities that our user is carrying out.

Look across the top line of the narrative and you'll notice that tasks can be grouped under a title which defines the activity being carried out by our user.

For example, take a look at the following four tasks in the timeline:

They all relate to a specific activity: buying an item. In this case, our user will DECIDE TO PURCHASE STRAIGHT AWAY, so they might click a button which says something like Buy Now. This is just one way that our user could purchase something from our website.

In future, ...

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