Impact Mapping: Making a Big Impact with Software Products and Projects
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Summary
Software is everywhere today， but countless software products and projects die a slow death without ever making any impact。 The result is a tremendous amount of time and money wasted due to wrong assumptions， lack of focus， poor communication of objectives， lack of understanding and misalignment with overall goals。 There has to be a better way to deliver！
This handbook is a practical guide to impact mapping， a simple yet incredibly effective method for collaborative strategic planning that helps organisations make an impact with software。 Impact mapping helps to create better plans and roadmaps that ensure alignment of business and delivery， and are easily adaptable to change。 Impact mapping fits nicely into several current trends in software product management and release planning， including goal-oriented requirements engineering， frequent iterative delivery， agile and lean software methods， lean startup product development cycles， and design thinking。
Who is this book for？
The primary audience of this book are senior people involved in building software products or delivering software projects， from both business and delivery sides。 This includes business sponsors and those whose responsibilities include product ownership， project oversight or portfolio management， architecture， business analysis， quality improvement and assurance and delivery。
- Business people assigned to software projects will learn how to communicate their ideas better。
- Senior product or project sponsors will learn how to communicate their assumptions more effectively to delivery teams， how to engage delivery teams to make better strategic decisions， and how to manage their project portfolio more effectively。
- Delivery teams that are already working under the umbrella of agile or lean delivery methods， and more recently lean startup ideas， will learn how to better focus deliverables and engage business sponsors and users。
- Delivery teams moving to agile or lean delivery methods will get ideas on how to address some common issues with scaling these practices， such as creating a big picture view， splitting work into small chunks that still have business value and reporting progress more meaningfully。
About the author
Gojko Adzic is a strategic software delivery consultant who works with ambitious teams to improve the quality of their software products and processes。 Gojko won the 2012 Jolt Award for the best book， was voted by peers as the most influential agile testing professional in 2011， and his blog won the UK Agile Award for the best online publication in 2010。 To get in touch， write to gojko@neuri。co。uk or visit http://gojko。net。
This handbook is a practical guide to impact mapping， a simple yet incredibly effective method for collaborative strategic planning that helps organisations make an impact with software。 Impact mapping helps to create better plans and roadmaps that ensure alignment of business and delivery， and are easily adaptable to change。 Impact mapping fits nicely into several current trends in software product management and release planning， including goal-oriented requirements engineering， frequent iterative delivery， agile and lean software methods， lean startup product development cycles， and design thinking。
Who is this book for？
The primary audience of this book are senior people involved in building software products or delivering software projects， from both business and delivery sides。 This includes business sponsors and those whose responsibilities include product ownership， project oversight or portfolio management， architecture， business analysis， quality improvement and assurance and delivery。
- Business people assigned to software projects will learn how to communicate their ideas better。
- Senior product or project sponsors will learn how to communicate their assumptions more effectively to delivery teams， how to engage delivery teams to make better strategic decisions， and how to manage their project portfolio more effectively。
- Delivery teams that are already working under the umbrella of agile or lean delivery methods， and more recently lean startup ideas， will learn how to better focus deliverables and engage business sponsors and users。
- Delivery teams moving to agile or lean delivery methods will get ideas on how to address some common issues with scaling these practices， such as creating a big picture view， splitting work into small chunks that still have business value and reporting progress more meaningfully。
About the author
Gojko Adzic is a strategic software delivery consultant who works with ambitious teams to improve the quality of their software products and processes。 Gojko won the 2012 Jolt Award for the best book， was voted by peers as the most influential agile testing professional in 2011， and his blog won the UK Agile Award for the best online publication in 2010。 To get in touch， write to gojko@neuri。co。uk or visit http://gojko。net。
Reviews
Hugo Nuñez
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It’s quite well。。 It has some interesting ideas
Ozgur Deniz
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Short， concise， makes the point of 1） why we need impact mapping 2） how we can use it
Marcin Golenia
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After reading about Evidance Based Managment， Impact mapping seems to be a compelling visualization technique which helps to connect the dots in the "Experiment Loop"。 What I like the most is the way in which Impact Mapping makes user stories honest and moves the focus to outcomes， not outputs。It also fits nice into product initiatives and strategic goals described by Melissa Perri in her book "Escaping the Build Trap"。 The thing is that I doubt I could get as much from the book without reading After reading about Evidance Based Managment， Impact mapping seems to be a compelling visualization technique which helps to connect the dots in the "Experiment Loop"。 What I like the most is the way in which Impact Mapping makes user stories honest and moves the focus to outcomes， not outputs。It also fits nice into product initiatives and strategic goals described by Melissa Perri in her book "Escaping the Build Trap"。 The thing is that I doubt I could get as much from the book without reading the two that I've mentioned。 Without them You may just not "spot" that much benefit of using this technique。The book is short （and long enough）， pictures are nice， the format is not usual - you may feel that you read some kind of newspaper。 All in all the book is valuable。 。。。more
Damien ALAWIYE
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I liked Gojko Adzic's summary on Impat Mapping and it's a cool openning for that practice and the focus on impact rather than output 。I felt it lacked more practical examples as it was a bit simplictic in the examples given。Nevertheless， it's a good start to learn that innovative practice。 I liked Gojko Adzic's summary on Impat Mapping and it's a cool openning for that practice and the focus on impact rather than output 。I felt it lacked more practical examples as it was a bit simplictic in the examples given。Nevertheless， it's a good start to learn that innovative practice。 。。。more
Wilson Gov
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Amazing little bookMost of my software projects start with a shopping list of requirements， most of the time what we are trying to achieve is just an educated guess。。。。 Why does it need to be like that？ Impact mapping allows to quickly put deliverables in perspective。 Do this and I am sure if will unpack interesting moments。
Giedrius
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The Impact Mapping method could be a good framework for strategic planning， however， this book could have been a short blog post。 More than half of the book content is just super shallow comparisons with other methods and trying to convince how awesome this is instead of diving deep into details of this method。
Jenson Lee
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書本身的內容很不錯，但翻譯毀了一切，建議若有一定程度英文閱讀能力的讀者還是讀原文吧，篇幅不長，讀起來不會太辛苦，也不致於會因為糟糕的翻譯而搞得一頭霧水。
Nacho Bassino
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A brief book explaining without much detail an interesting tool。 I had high expectations， but I feel it is a bit oversimplified。 This is done on purpose， to keep things short and simple， but I think there is a big leap from the book to real-life implementation。
Lee
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I'm a big fan of understanding "why" an initiative is being pursued。 Without connecting back to a clear goal - how can we determine when we are done？ How can we work toward prioritizing between many possible options？Impact Mapping is a well-written book and relatively quick read。 As more and more organizations look to scale agile， support governance and focus on business value - this is a great book to read and a valuable tool to add to your toolkit。 I'm a big fan of understanding "why" an initiative is being pursued。 Without connecting back to a clear goal - how can we determine when we are done？ How can we work toward prioritizing between many possible options？Impact Mapping is a well-written book and relatively quick read。 As more and more organizations look to scale agile， support governance and focus on business value - this is a great book to read and a valuable tool to add to your toolkit。 。。。more
Jake
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Nothing short of one of the best books for generating team cohesion， clarity of purpose， and what feels like a genuine plan， without all the pitfalls of either over-planning or over-improvisation。 Incredibly succinct and to-the-point， the biggest marks I can put against it are that its small stature belies its significance， and occasionally it will mention other techniques or ideas without explanation。I cannot recommend it higher， it is among my favorite books dedicated to business。
Peter Rybarczyk
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I see that people here are complaining about length and content of this book。 It's true some way， as this is a very short book with very compensated content。 But its definitely worth of reading & the author gives a lot of references to other places when you can find more information about specific techniques。 What's important， this is no technical book in any aspect， it's a short guide to how to start with impact mapping and what it is all about and in this form a give it 4/5 stars。About bookSho I see that people here are complaining about length and content of this book。 It's true some way， as this is a very short book with very compensated content。 But its definitely worth of reading & the author gives a lot of references to other places when you can find more information about specific techniques。 What's important， this is no technical book in any aspect， it's a short guide to how to start with impact mapping and what it is all about and in this form a give it 4/5 stars。About bookShors， with content enough to start thinking about facilitating a workshop in your workplace。 But there is a bit too little information about facilitating itself。 If you haven't been facilitating EventStromings， GameStorming etc。 this can be a bit hard read & hard start。 But if you know these terms， and do a few workshops before， this book will be more than enough to start。About methodHaven't done it yet， but for sure I will try。 From my perspective， it will be nice introduction and complement for a Event Stormings as it's on even higher level that Strategic ES。 Just after reading this book， I see how it could help me with avoiding a few bed decisions I've made。 。。。more
Ruben
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The book deserves this rating。 The method would go for 4 probably。 Looks useful， a good complement to Wardley mapping。 But could be summarised in so much less space。
Alan
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Easy read。 Very clear description of impact mapping method。 There are many tips and clarifications not in the youtube videos。
Alicia
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The first part I found very useful。 It was the missing link between what I learned during PSPO training and the bigger picture。 It's a useful tool to create an overview of what you want to achieve and look for those solutions that offers the most value。 The last bit just didn't teach me anything I need at this particular moment。 Considering the situation we're in， I would have liked more information on digital collaboration， seeing as brainstorming in a room and creating a map together on a whit The first part I found very useful。 It was the missing link between what I learned during PSPO training and the bigger picture。 It's a useful tool to create an overview of what you want to achieve and look for those solutions that offers the most value。 The last bit just didn't teach me anything I need at this particular moment。 Considering the situation we're in， I would have liked more information on digital collaboration， seeing as brainstorming in a room and creating a map together on a whiteboard isn't possible at the moment。 。。。more
Michael
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A good read for anyone in a product management position。 I found the method described in this book utterly interesting and impactful。 The Impact Mapping technique focuses on the "real" business goals， backed by actual data and hypothesis。 Although the book is a bit shallow， additional examples and techniques can be found on the official website。 A good read for anyone in a product management position。 I found the method described in this book utterly interesting and impactful。 The Impact Mapping technique focuses on the "real" business goals， backed by actual data and hypothesis。 Although the book is a bit shallow， additional examples and techniques can be found on the official website。 。。。more
Kate
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Surprisingly not bad。 Found some useful tips， even though i did not expect that。 Very nice detailed explanations to everything。
Miguel Angel
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Good reference material Gojko's book presents a series of elements that are helpful for the alignment of products and projects， facilitating communication with stakeholders and joining the technical and business side to an extremely rich conversation， aligned with a set of topic of agility; concepts such as value delivery， early iterations， collaboration， flow visualization， Upstream in Kanban Method， Outcome over Output， the Impact Mapping can be of great importance in our teams when defining t Good reference material Gojko's book presents a series of elements that are helpful for the alignment of products and projects， facilitating communication with stakeholders and joining the technical and business side to an extremely rich conversation， aligned with a set of topic of agility; concepts such as value delivery， early iterations， collaboration， flow visualization， Upstream in Kanban Method， Outcome over Output， the Impact Mapping can be of great importance in our teams when defining the strategy we will use， leaving aside the features and list of requirements， for more essential core elements。。。 Interesting material， to have it as a reference。。。100% recomended ！！ 😎 👍 👍 。。。more
Jyri
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This was actually a pretty good read。 The core idea of starting from a business goal and then drilling down to impacts looks sensible。 Practical instructions and examples are provided。 Benefits are expressed clearly and even the most typical obstacles are addressed。Right now I'm launching a new project， for which I need to create a backlog。 Impact mapping has given me some new ideas to apply in my planning。 The model is loose enough that I can fit it in the existing framework but it has some cle This was actually a pretty good read。 The core idea of starting from a business goal and then drilling down to impacts looks sensible。 Practical instructions and examples are provided。 Benefits are expressed clearly and even the most typical obstacles are addressed。Right now I'm launching a new project， for which I need to create a backlog。 Impact mapping has given me some new ideas to apply in my planning。 The model is loose enough that I can fit it in the existing framework but it has some clear benefits to my earlier way of working， especially when it comes to priorization together with the business owners。Recommended reading for anyone managing any kind of development。 。。。more
Andréas Dieryck
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Simple， practical， mighty。 As much about organising key goals and roadmaps as about communicating them clearly。
Francisco
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This is a jewer bookThis is a very good bock。 Although it is very short， it teaches a powerfull tool。 I think impact map is one of the most versatile tool that I know in the agility world。 It can be used to join tactical and strategic level in a practical and agile way。
Adler
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A very good summary， like an intro to the real thing。 The examples are brief and shallow。He is indeed onto something。
Nathalie Karasek
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Cool！ Recommended for every Product Owner or Scrum Master！ Only one small thing: the book is so beautiful that I did not dare to write my notes into it as usually do ;-）
Miroslav Pavelek
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Simple， short， contain cool ideas
L
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Impact Maps are a good concept， but this seems like it could have been a Medium article instead of a book。 Spends way too much time explaining the „why“ and advertising the method than actually explaining the „how“ - even in the middle of the book， many sentences still start with „Impact Mapping is great because。。。“。
Charlie Meneses
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Not bad， I liked it。 I only would prefer some real examples about what he is talking about。 Is only a guide。
Luis Guimaraes
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Very practical book！ Very useful tool！
Nikolina
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The book is well-written with great examples and practical advice for creating and making the most out of impact maps。 I would recommend it to everyone interested in agile management practices。
Jesse Richards
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A very clever concept/model， though some parts of the book could be more clearly written。 But it gave me good ideas on how to implement Impact Maps with my own modifications to the process。
David Postle
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Spent ages talking about why you needed an impact map without every telling you what they were or how to create them or giving examples of what they look like。 Frustrating。
Abdullah Kh。
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