Narrative Driven Development

BENEFITS OF Narrative driven Development

Transform collaboration into impactful software delivery.

Modern software teams struggle with misaligned requirements, unclear priorities, and slow decision-making. NDD fixes this by structuring development as a narrative-driven process, keeping business goals, user experience, and technical execution fully aligned.

Accelerates delivery by 4x

By aligning teams on clear, outcome-driven narratives, NDD removes inefficiencies, enabling faster development cycles.

Unified Data Access

Encourages cross-functional teams to work together seamlessly through shared understanding and continuous feedback loops.

Improved Agility & Scalability

Keeps development focused on delivering measurable business value by tying every feature to strategic objectives.

Enhanced Developer Experience

Provides clarity on priorities and requirements, minimizing rework and accelerating informed decision-making.

Introducing Narrative Studio

From Supergraph Complexity to Cohesive Collaboration

Collaborative Modeling

Collaboratively craft a your outcomes using the proven time-based modeling technique.

Collaborative Queries

Define demand through AI-assisted annotation and query suggestions, and fine-tune them based on the user experience.

Collaborative Schema Proposals

Your backend devs create a schema proposals directly from the model to meet the new demands.

Speedy Mocking

Use our InstantMock to immediately unblock front end development.

Speedy Delivery

Create a shared understanding of the orchestration required for subgraphs to meet the intended outcomes.

Speedy Scaling

Scale the practice and gain unparalleled visibilty of your Supergraph.

AI Assisted Screen To Query

Automatically create queries and mock data from your Figma designs.

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HOW DOES Narrative driven Development WORK?

Start with the outcome and work backwards to build your narrative.

1. Start with the Outcome:

Define the business goal and user experience that the feature or project must achieve.

2. Build the Narrative:

Frame the story from the user's perspective, capturing each step they take in a structured timeline.

3. Define Interfaces & System Actions

Map out what the user sees (interfaces) and what the system does (actions) at each step.

4. Explore Edge Cases & Alternate Paths:

Identify different scenarios, handling failures, forks, and alternative user journeys.

5. Align Teams & Deliver Faster

With a clear narrative, teams work in sync, reducing rework and accelerating development.

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NDD accelerates the Software Delivery Lifecycle

Narrative Driven Design (NDD) covers the entire software delivery lifecycle, enabling continuous iterations for scalable, high-quality solutions. Its four phases form a dynamic flywheel, where each output feeds the next. While shown sequentially, NDD relies on continuous feedback within and across phases to drive alignment and improvement.

NDD: APIs, Supergraphs and Event Driven Architecture

Ensures schema consistency by mapping user journeys to API interactions.

Defines explicit events & reactions, keeping business logic central.

Creates a single source of truth for product, engineering, and design.

Visualizes state transitions & triggers for better predictability and optimization.

Check out Audi of America Case Study

Methodologies

NDD complements industry leading software design and development methodologies.

NDD integrates with and complements established methodologies, including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development, Spec Driven Development.

Domain Driven Design

DDD aligns software with business needs by fostering collaboration between domain and technical experts. It provides a solid foundation for tackling complex problems and designing effective solutions.

Test Driven Development

TDD integrates design, coding, and testing, ensuring high software quality from the start. It boosts development confidence, reduces debugging time, and lowers long-term costs.

Behaviour Driven Development

BDD promotes collaboration between developers, QAs, and business stakeholders, ensuring software meets expectations. It prioritizes high-value features while reducing budget risks and improving stability.

Spec Driven Development

Xolvio’s unique approach centers on specifications to drive the entire development lifecycle. It enhances speed, quality, and alignment by integrating BDD, TDD, UX, and project management.

Targeted Quality Assurance

A rigorous focus on specs, automated/manual testing, and advanced techniques like visual regression and contract testing ensures flawless, future-proof software.

Pragmatic Agility

Using Kanban and flexible architecture, we adapt to changing needs while maintaining continuous improvement through evolutionary design and Kaizen practices.

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