Story mapping points you at options that help validate customer value.
—Chapter co-author JP Beaudry
When you have determined that an idea is the highest-priority item to work on next, it is time to consider how you may validate its value to the customer. In the spirit of the Agile mindset, instead of attempting to build the full idea (that is, big batch), you should look at a way to build a portion of the idea to gain customer feedback. This is where decomposition comes into play and where user story mapping can help.
In this chapter, you will learn why big ideas ...