Organizing Work Through Agile: Stories, Epics, Themes, and Initiatives

• Stories (or tasks) are the smallest part of the framework. These are small pieces of work that needs to be done, such as a button added to a landing page. They are written from the user's view.
• Epics are collections of stories working towards a particular goal, such as a 'September Launch.'
• Initiatives drive the epics and take longer to complete, such as a year.
• Themes track your organisation's high-level goals. For example, for Spotify, it might be 'providing a home for artist's music.'?

Stories, epics, themes and initiatives are the building blocks of great agile product management.

When you've got a mountain to climb, you need to break it down into manageable parts of the journey. It's why Everest has base camps, and it's how you build great digital products.