We are starting this month with some hot new features, some of which you have been asking us for.
Map/Persona description
We’ve introduced a new Description section to our customer journey maps, personas, and impact maps.
This section is a special place to store general information about your map or persona. Use it to add some context and align your team vision. See our ideas below to get inspired:
- Describe a high-level scenario applicable to the entire customer journey to set the correct scope for your mapping.
- Include context, such as jobs-to-be-done, the customer’s desired outcomes when the job is completed, and the relevant use cases.
- Add general information about the map/persona: who is responsible for what, known milestones and important dates, links to research data or designs.
- Write down a legend explaining what the colors\icons you used mean.
Adding the section works as simple as that:
![adding map description](https://uxpressia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/adding-section-1.gif)
You can remove and add new blocks, rename and customize them.
Note: If you are going to export the map or persona and don’t want to display the Context section in the exported file, be sure to collapse it before exporting.
Bonus 1: Collapse and expand journey map sections
Now you can collapse (and expand) sections in your journey maps and even export your maps without the hidden sections.
![collapse and expand map sections](https://uxpressia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/map-section.gif)
To export your map with some sections hidden, instead of creating a separate View for this purpose, you can simply collapse these sections.
Bonus 2: New features in the Personas tool
The Persona name section got an upgrade: from now on, you can pick which parts of it you would like to include. You can switch Market size and/or Personality off if you are not using them in your Persona.
![choose what to include in persona name section](https://uxpressia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/persona-what-include.gif)
Some other updates are also available in the Demographics section:
- You can configure all defaults in the dropdown menus, add custom names (e.g., in Spanish or Russian), and rename labels.
![configure persona layout details](https://uxpressia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/persona-custom-names.gif)
- You can add more values to the gender/marital status fields.
- You can add custom fields of the different types, such as text, list, and numbers.
![add persona custom fields](https://uxpressia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/persona-custom-fields.gif)
Ready to try out the new features?