# What is Avion? Avion helps product teams plan and build software by creating a form of product backlog called a user story map. Story maps are a highly valuable tool that help you get from "big ideas" to a viable development plan, whilst keeping the focus on your end users' experience. Avion allows you to perform this process digitally and makes story mapping collaborative, fun and easy. Avion is for you if your team struggles: * Keeping your users at the heart of everything you build * Figuring out how to get from designs to an actionable development plan and backlog * Repeatedly delivering features with gaps, making them less valuable to users * Having effective conversations around your backlog * Deciding what order to ship features in * Gaining a big picture view of your progress across many user stories The fastest way to get to know Avion is with our short 6-part video series. These bite-size videos show you an end-to-end process of making something great in Avion. {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://help.avion.io/getting-started/what-is-avion.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.