Requirements, stories & service design · Core
Journey map
Also called: customer journey map
ELI5
A map of the customer's experience over time.
Used in conversation
“The journey map should include backstage dependencies.”
Definition
A visual account of a person's experience across stages, touchpoints, actions and emotions.
Here “Journey map” means: A visual account of a person's experience across stages, touchpoints, actions and emotions.
Pitch context
You will see “Journey map” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches requirements, stories & service design.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret requirements, stories & service design without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 2
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Scrum Guides — The Scrum Guide — official current versionSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Computer Security Resource Center GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16