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dennistraub's review against another edition
5.0
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!
szachary's review against another edition
4.0
While this reads like an advertisement, there is value here. I would say the bibliography is worth the price of the book alone. I would also say, don't know this book until you try the method in practice.
rberenguel's review against another edition
2.0
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.
atlantisblauw's review against another edition
4.0
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.
giedrius's review against another edition
1.0
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.
afuerstenau's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Definetly a re-read.
kevinalbrecht's review against another edition
5.0
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 criticism (and it is a tiny one), it is that the most valuable tool for me--using impact maps as a tool for creating better user stories--is not mentioned until halfway through the book. This one insight alone more than pays for the value of this book 100 times over.
Strongly recommended to developers on agile teams, product owners, scrum masters, and the business people who rely upon them to create great products.
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 criticism (and it is a tiny one), it is that the most valuable tool for me--using impact maps as a tool for creating better user stories--is not mentioned until halfway through the book. This one insight alone more than pays for the value of this book 100 times over.
Strongly recommended to developers on agile teams, product owners, scrum masters, and the business people who rely upon them to create great products.
zerok's review
5.0
Impact mapping is roadmap/project planning technique based around specifically structured mindmaps. The focus here is on what should be achieved (the big goal, or the big WHY), who contributes to achieving or preventing it (actors), what would the actor do to affect the goal (impact), and how can the product influence that impact with a deliverable. The author combines this with other tools like data-based decision making to facilitate goal-tracking.
In this book you learn what a good impact map should look like, how to get there (planning sessions, mapping sessions) and how to work with the result. The basic idea is that impact maps help finding small deliverables that can be worked on iteratively to achieve their big-picture goal.
Everything is presented in a very lighthearted but still extremely focused way. The method sounds extremely useful and practical, so I’m pretty sure I will eventually use it somewhere
In this book you learn what a good impact map should look like, how to get there (planning sessions, mapping sessions) and how to work with the result. The basic idea is that impact maps help finding small deliverables that can be worked on iteratively to achieve their big-picture goal.
Everything is presented in a very lighthearted but still extremely focused way. The method sounds extremely useful and practical, so I’m pretty sure I will eventually use it somewhere
stonecrops's review
4.0
Introduction to a method for understanding and scoping technology products/projects in the contexts of the goals they ought to achieve and their potential impact. Actionable enough to make use of these methods in the short term, open enough to adjust the methods according to specific business and internal needs.
Overall, it feels like a sensible framework for making business objectives explicit and exploring the people, pathways, and constraints in line with achieving those objectives.
Overall, it feels like a sensible framework for making business objectives explicit and exploring the people, pathways, and constraints in line with achieving those objectives.
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