Impact Mapping

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• quaunaut · Nov 14, 2022 · Recommends

  …friends/colleagues simply won't, lets you deconstruct your feelings better, learn new/deeper subjects faster, and connect thoughts in a way to produce real insight. For Product/Business Management, Gojko Adzic's "Impact Mapping"(https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Mapping-software-products-proj...) feels like it could make nearly every software team/business 10x better by just reading this book. I've personally watched as enormous…

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• quaunaut · Apr 25, 2022 · Recommends

  …measurements aren't used directly, people will often just throw energy at the problem until it "feels" done. Sometimes this even means all that effort accomplished nothing. This is why I'm such a big fan of Impact Mapping[1]. 1. Impact Mapping: https://smile.amazon.com/Impact-Mapping-Software-Products-Pr...

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• jcb1973 · May 21, 2015 · Recommends

  (blog author here) Thanks for adding the link. Absolutely - it's one of the inspirations for us using this approach. I'd also add Gojko Adzic's Impact Mapping (http://www.impactmapping.org/) as a further source of ideas that was in the back of my mind when tweaking and adapting Blog Post Driven Development with our team. Perhaps one of the things I should…

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• Brajeshwar · Dec 28, 2022 · Recommends

  …- How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil - How To Talk: Siblings Without Rivalry by [Adele Faber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Faber) - Impact Mapping: Making a big impact with software products and projects - Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price - Product-Led Growth: How to Build a Product That Sells Itself…

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• Brajeshwar · Dec 4, 2022 · Mentions

  …Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil - How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur - How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie - Impact Mapping: Making a big impact with software products and projects by Gojko Adzic - Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price by Madhavan Ramanujam, Georg Tacke - Product-Led…

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• Kerrick · Dec 26, 2025 · Mentions

  …fun, practical, and completely outside any way I'd ever worked. It also helped me understand exactly why I've failed every time I tried to make my own SaaS startup on nights and weekends. Gojko Adzic, Impact Mapping. This book was basically a pamphlet. The process seems...good? But since I'm no longer in a role with the influence or authority to recommend product direction, I doubt I'll get much use out of this for…

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• icecrime · Apr 25, 2022 · Mentions

  …start by capturing _why_ we're doing what we're doing in the first place, and what we realized is that this in itself was solving a significant pain point for engineering organizations. I haven't read Impact Mapping, thank you for the recommendation!

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