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This handbook is a …more Get A Copy AmazonOnline Stores ▾Book Links ▾ Paperback, 1, 93 pages Published October 1st 2012 by Neuri Limited ISBN 0955683645 (ISBN13: 9780955683640) . Edition Language English . Other Editions (2) All Editions | Add a New Edition | Combine …Less Detail edit details Friend Reviews (7) 5.00 average rating Aug 09, 2013 Sandro Mancuso rated it it was amazing Like · comment Dec 16, 2018 Gert marked it as to-read Like · comment Jan 22, 2018 Thomas marked it as to-read Like · comment Jun 28, 2017 Koen Metsu marked it as to-read Like · comment Jan 25, 2017 Gien Verschatse marked it as to-read Shelves: non-fiction, programming flag Like · comment Aug 31, 2016 Erik Talboom marked it as to-read Like · comment Mar 10, 2016 Jo marked it as to-read Shelves: self-learning flag Like · comment Recommend This Book… . Reader Q&A Ask the Goodreads community a question about Impact Mapping ![[./resources/book-impact-mapping-gojko-adzic.resources/30721486.ux100_cr00100100.jpg]] Be the first to ask a question about Impact Mapping . Lists with This Book Top 100 Agile Books 131 books — 78 voters Agile Brazil 2013 68 books — 23 voters More lists with this book… . Community Reviews Showing 1-30 4.07 · Rating details · 886 ratings · 68 reviews ![[./resources/book-impact-mapping-gojko-adzic.resources/loading-45f04d682f1e9151cf1e6fb18a1bde21.gif]] Filter | Sort order . Jan 30, 2013 Kevin Albrecht rated it it was amazing Shelves: software-management Simple, straightforward, and indispensable. After reading this book, I started using this technique for the next milestone of our current project, and in just a short time, it has led us to making better decisions about prioritization. In a time-boxed project, better prioritization decisions are the difference between failure and success. The book itself is concise and well-written, with clear examples and practical advice for creating and making the most out of impact maps. If I have one criticis …more flag 4 likes · Like · comment · see review Nov 25, 2014 Alex Fürstenau rated it it was amazing in one word: perfect! it’s short, hands-on and providing a lot of value on every single page. It focuses one one topic, not more but also not less and it fulfills that purpose perfectly. The graphics were concise and support the current point pretty good. Definetly a re-read. flag 3 likes · Like · comment · see review Mar 25, 2013 Andy Lowry rated it really liked it A strange book to read, much of it feels more like a marketing blurb than a technical book. The second half of the book which talks about methods for producing impact maps, is clearly written and would make a good reference guide. It also provides a lot of practical advice on facilitating the workshops to produce an impact map, although most of this is not really specific to this technique. The technique itself appears a sound and effective approach to communicating between stakeholders and focus …more flag 2 likes · Like · comment · see review Oct 23, 2012 Sergey Shishkin rated it it was amazing This book is jam-packed with modern product development wisdom. Highly recommended to those who struggle bridging agile with the outside world. flag 2 likes · Like · comment · see review Jan 20, 2019 Anablava Ligataj rated it liked it Shelves: my-library Impact Mapping, the method, gets 4 stars from me. Impact Mapping is a strategic planning technique that enables the iteration in strategy and the collaboration between business and technology people. In the “trying hard to work agile” organizations, this method can be the answer to many questions. It is vizual, fosters cooperation and has a lean and easy to work with structure. Impact Mapping, the book, gets 2 stars from me. Half of the book is a description of other concepts or methods that the i …more flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Sep 23, 2018 Lee rated it it was amazing 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. flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Dec 31, 2017 Ben rated it liked it Very quick read with some good ideas, so worth reading. Good reminders of what to focus on, but I personally was hoping for a bit more depth on techniques to ensure you / your team does focus on the right stuff. Overall it felt like 2 pages on what the impact mapping technique is then the rest of the book just listed other product management best practices and pitfalls followed by a pretty cursory, “and that’s why impact mapping is great.” Lack of additional detail on impact mapping in practice …more flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review May 03, 2014 Alistair rated it really liked it This book presents the concept of ‘Impact Mapping’ which should provide anyone involved with software projects some useful tools for requirements analysis and product development strategy. I really like the concept of this book - small, self-contained, and free of filler, it presents its concepts succinctly. I’d love to see a series such as this on software product development/project management topics. flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Nov 01, 2015 Amanda Varella rated it did not like it Despite being a very interesting and useful topic and technique, I think the concept It’s not worthy of a book. It can be explained very easily in a presentation or video. The first 40% of the book are basically introductory. The technique only is explained from the 60% (kindle version). So, if you want to understand how it works, you can start from the 60% and on. flag 1 like · Like · see review Oct 24, 2014 Eugene rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: management, software-engineering Показана изящная схема управления it-проектами: как использовать опыт айтишников и бизнеса, как выбирать порядок реализации фич, как выявлять истинные потребности заказчика, как измерять и отображать прогресс проекта. Если короче: как делать нужные вещи и не делать ненужные. Кроме прочего, в книге много ссылок (похожих на полезные). flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Feb 05, 2016 Rolf rated it it was amazing Very good approach to giving structure to agile processes - but I kept looking for the real meat, the stuff I couldn’t just read of the web. Didn’t find it in the book. I’ll try the approach on my next project and see if a re-read of the book while actually doing it reveals something new. flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review May 11, 2013 Dennis rated it it was amazing Went through in one quick session. Will definitely have to re-read it sometime soon. With a large marker pen at hand. Great stuff. Highly recommended! flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Feb 21, 2014 Erwin Verweij rated it liked it Good small book if you want to start with mapping. If you know how mapping can work this one is i think a bit shallow. But there was some good advice in it flag 1 like · Like · comment · see review Jan 02, 2018 Pavel Gatilov rated it it was amazing · review of another edition 10 highlights A well-focused guide I think the book is great for fulfilling its promise - give a short guide to the impact mapping technique with further references. It’s good that it’s short as it keeps focus. At the same time, it covers everything important: the idea, the benefits, the how-to and the pitfalls. I would recommend it to everyone interested in agile management practices. This should not be restricted to managers. Engineers might find the book useful as well because everyone should make good decis …more flag Like · comment · see review May 26, 2018 Mike Hales rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Fantastic I’m in the early stages of a potentially huge project and had the good fortune to have someone point me towards this book. It has given me both the tools and process to properly plan my project, involve stakeholders and generate a shared vision. How happy am I! Short, practical and extremely valuable. If you’re planning a project of any kind, this is worth your time and money as it might just save you a fortune and improve you’re standing in your business in one hit as you lead a succes …more flag Like · comment · see review Oct 16, 2018 Javier Castillo rated it really liked it I enjoy it this reading. The format is interesting, is more a booklet format. I liked the illustrations and its easy to read. The autor explain what the technique, their benefits and then walk through how to facilitate the workshop and finally some advices and good practices. As I always are interested on doing things with a driver or goal behind, this is a great technique to map goals to actions gathered created by the intelligence of crowds. It’s a simple technique for modern product managemen …more flag Like · comment · see review Aug 12, 2018 Toni SCRUMptious rated it really liked it Shelves: facilitating Impact map = “Visualisation of scope and underlying assumptions, created collaboratively by senior technical and business people.” Why? Who? How? What? “Iterative delivery plans often lack a big picture.” 1. Discover real goals 2. Define good measurements 3. Plan first milestone 4. Draw the map skeleton 5. Find alternatives (diverge) 6. Identify key priorities (converge) A great partner read to “Lift off” by Diana Larsen For more info see impactmapping.org flag Like · comment · see review Feb 04, 2019 Arturo Hernández rated it really liked it This short book proposes a way of framing company objectives so they can be correctly understood by business and development teams and thus their interaction advances smoothly. Impact mapping aims to reduce friction when things change since its dynamic nature can remind everyone at all times about the real goals. Overall, it’s a short and informative little book (with lots of noteworthy mentions about other related texts ). flag Like · comment · see review Sep 28, 2017 Bart Du Bois rated it really liked it · review of another edition 14 highlights Practical, fun to read Directly applicable, plenty of tips/guidelines. Light reading with useful and illustrative examples. Have gained some takeaways and do recommend to skim it. flag Like · comment · see review Oct 05, 2017 Koen Wellens rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: 2017, non-fiction This book is extremely useful. It explains the technique of Impact Mapping, as well as the things you need to know when applying it. There’s great graphics that express what the text is trying to say. Read the full review at my blog. flag Like · comment · see review Mar 07, 2019 Julija Tarvydė rated it really liked it The book shortly describes the technique of impact mapping. In general this is a good read, but I missed more real life examples both for mapping and for facilitation (dialogs, structrure, questions from participants and etc.) flag Like · comment · see review Jul 19, 2017 Klaus rated it it was amazing Great book for project managers, business analysts, product managers, etc. I really liked the basic idea behind the book. It fits well with “my” benefit approach. Besides that a quick read, focused, and uses graphics to explain. flag Like · comment · see review Mar 16, 2018 Anna Teske rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Simple and practical I enjoyed the brief and direct content as well as the “what not to do " section. After my second read I think I’m ready to lead my CTO’s team through this activity. flag Like · comment · see review May 14, 2017 Tibor Konig rated it it was amazing Rövid, lényegre törő, azonnal használható tudást tartalmazó könyv. Kár, hogy nem fedeztem fel korábban. flag Like · comment · see review Aug 15, 2018 Tonći Jajić rated it it was amazing Short, fun (I really like how book looks and feels) and impactful. Two thumbs up. flag Like · comment · see review Oct 10, 2018 Andrii Moscovchuk rated it liked it Shelves: management, non-fiction, technical, work, 2018 Idea is good, but the book is so-so. Would like to see more examples of impact maps. Still it’s a quick read so probably is worth reading flag Like · see review Jan 02, 2019 John Cumming rated it really liked it Shelves: agile, coaching-leadership, strategy, unread, 2019 A good outline of a straightforward technique for hypothesising, testing and validating assumptions of impact and hence value creation. Product Owners should find this useful in developing product strategy and as a tool for assisting story mapping workshops. It should also be useful within a Lean Startup approach. flag Like · comment · see review Nov 18, 2018 John Hearn rated it liked it Shelves: software What business analysis would look like if it was done by a software engineer. flag Like · comment · see review Jan 17, 2014 Petr Havel rated it liked it The basic idea of the book is that a products roadmap should be used as what it is a “map”. Instead of creating lists of features that will be linearly implemented, you map out the state space of your products - looking at influencers, actions, objectives and finding features that will enable you to attain them. Then go out and use that map and discuss it and test it with your customer and key stakeholders. I think that the idea is great in that it leads you, as the product owner, through the ste …more flag Like · see review Mar 19, 2013 Paul Boos rated it really liked it This book provides a great alternative to developing and managing a portfolio of capabilities that can be implemented by an organization (in an Agile manner). It has great references to other ideas that it draws upon. It gives practical advice in the purpose as well as a how-to to developing and using (as well as pitfalls) in using Impact Maps. I see this as an excellent alternative to the SAFe framework for upper level greenfield needs (even if they are purely infrastructure in nature); SAFe ten …more flag Like · comment · see review « previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next » . new topic Discuss This Book There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one » .