Impact mapping

- Agile BA Chris often needs techniques … to help align the strategic, initiative, … and delivery horizons, something that'll help him see … how they all connect and answer the question, … why are we doing this? … Impact mapping is a technique … that helps align the big picture through to the details … by aligning organizational goals … to the details the teams are working on. … It helps Chris leverage the feedback loops … from all three horizons, and this helps Chris … tie the delivery activities to the strategy and back. … An impact map is a visual map … that breaks down organizational goals … into specific deliverables. … There are some key pieces to impact maps … that you should know. … First, the components that make up an impact map. … Let's look at these components. … The goal, or the why, the actors, or the who, … the impacts, or the how, and the deliverables, the what. … The goal answers the question, why are we doing this? … The actor identifies who contributes to the goals. …