Step-by-step guide: Create an Impact Map using a real-world example

Table of Contents

1. Get the right Impact Map Tool
2. Define a goal from the business perspective
3. Identify the Actors
4. Define the Impacts that you want to create
5. Outline the deliverables to achieve the impacts
6. The first version of the impact map
7. Appendix: Downloads

The following post gives you an intro into Impact Mapping.

Impact Mapping: Our Impact as an agile organisation

We often talk a lot about various initiatives and the resulting technical solutions in detail. But we often do so without keeping in mind the specific business objective and the desired impact we want to achieve. This is where Impact Mapping comes in.

workingsoftware.devPatrick Roos

1. Get the right Impact Map Tool

I used Miro to draw the impact map.

Besides Miro, there are other good alternatives for collaboration:

• Mural
• Draw.io
• Lucidchart

2. Define a goal from the business perspective

I begin with the business goal of my example side project.