CAPM Practice: Explain the components of an adaptive plan

User story mapping organizes stories along the user's journey horizontally (activities and tasks) with priority/detail shown vertically. This reveals natural release slices and helps plan iterations that deliver end-to-end user value.

**Why not A:** A dependency network is a separate planning tool — often called a dependency map or precedence diagram — that shows technical ordering constraints. A Story Map organizes stories by user journey and priority, not by inter-story dependencies.

**Why not C:** User stories are backlog items tied to user needs and desired outcomes; their geographic origin is irrelevant to planning. This choice misapplies the word "map" in a literal geographic sense rather than in its planning context.

**Why not D:** A code flow or branching strategy diagram is a DevOps or engineering artifact concerned with version control. A Story Map is a product planning tool focused on user activities and release slicing, not source control workflows.