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Methodology overview
Reference · livemethodology:impact-mapping
Impact Mapping overview
A strategic planning technique connecting business goals to deliverable features through a four-level hierarchy: Goal (Why), Actor (Who), Impact (How), and Deliverable (What). Prevents scope creep by ensuring every feature decision traces back to a business objective and the behavioral changes needed to achieve it. Enables better prioritization by focusing teams on outcomes rather than outputs.
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displayName
Impact Mapping
description
A strategic planning technique connecting business goals to deliverable features
through a four-level hierarchy: Goal (Why), Actor (Who), Impact (How), and
Deliverable (What). Prevents scope creep by ensuring every feature decision
traces back to a business objective and the behavioral changes needed to achieve
it. Enables better prioritization by focusing teams on outcomes rather than
outputs.
methodologyKind
design-thinking
origin
Gojko Adzic
yearIntroduced
2012
Outgoing edges
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- domain:software-engineering·DomainSoftware Engineering
Incoming edges
follows_methodology1
- lib-process:shared--impact-mapping·LibraryProcessimpact-mapping