Beyond Prioritization: How to Make an Impact for your Customers
If you’ve been exploring agile methods, you probably want to deliver the most value in the least amount of time possible. But what if the best prioritization and planning just isn’t enough to keep your organization at the top of your market?
Enter Impact Mapping, an approach that reveals the hidden assumptions that keep you from reaching your goal. This technique helps when you're looking for innovative solutions to tough business problems because you'll bring in strategic thinking skills as you identify the ones most likely to reach your goal. Even better, you'll know upfront how to measure the impact of those solutions, so you won't invest more than you need.
This workshop is hands-on, so get ready to learn while you’re working!
Outline/Structure of the Workshop/Game
I’ve been running this experiment since 2018, when I started introducing them in our new Agile Team Immersion, and it’s made a huge impact on the teams I coach. I spoke on this topic for the 4th time at Agile & Beyond.
I think the feedback I’ve gotten has helped me deliver some great content, and even help a few people start to think differently about what agile means for them.
The workshop agenda looks like this:
- Intro and Icebreaker (5 minutes)
- Staying in your comfort zone is dangerous (5 min)
- Data from the CHAOS report (5 min)
- What is Impact Mapping (5 min)
- Invite the participants to work together to create an impact map based on predefined scenarios (15 min)
- How we created an impact without delivering software (5 min)
- Debrief and Q&A (5 minutes)
Learning Outcome
- Remove information silos while creating your products
- Clearly communicate assumptions
- Realize the WHO, HOW and WHAT that can help reach your goal
- Help teams align their activities with overall business objectives and make better decisions on their roadmaps
Target Audience
Anyone who has a part in deciding the future of their product
Prerequisites for Attendees
None
Links
I blog at: https://agileturnaround.wixsite.com/flipping-agile
Conference history:
Does Agile change your Process? Or Your Perspective? Agile & Beyond 2019
Beyond Prioritization: How to Make an Impact for your Customers Agile & Beyond2019
#BePartoftheGood: An Agile Response to Crisis Global Scrum Gathering 2019
World Retrospective Day Host and Musical Storyteller LeanAgileUS2019
#BePartoftheGood: An Agile Response to Crisis LeanAgileUS2019
Does Agile change your Process? Or Your Perspective? ITPalooza2018
#BePartoftheGood: An Agile Response to Crisis Agile and Beyond 2018
Simple Agile Design: Using Layers of YOUR architecture LeanAgileUS 2018
Agile Games Facilitator ITPalooza 2017
Simple Agile Design: Using Layers of YOUR architecture Agile and Beyond 2017
Flipping Agile: How to remodel your future using Agile principles Agile Coaching Journeys
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Submit before Aug 18 '19 12:00 AM EDT
As in past years, we are going with 45-minute timeslots. The downside for speakers is that you will need to streamline your message to the heart of the matter. The upside for participants is that your learning will pack a punch.
We're also repeating the 10-minute lightning talks. These are ideal for introducing a new idea you may not have worked out completely, or one that continually stumps you. If you are new to speaking, this is an excellent opportunity to highlight something that is working for you.
See https://www.agiledc.org/program for the program track descriptions.
Here's how submission works - we're still evolving. First early acceptance is open until June 30th and a second round until July 20th. Early acceptance should be announced within 10 days of each of these dates. All proposals submitted by August 17th (midnight Eastern time zone) will be considered for final schedule.
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Hey George, I've updated the abstract, can you let me know what you think?
It's better, but still seems a little hand-wavey. I like an abstract where the attendee can recognize themselves and their problem, and then know what will be better after attending the session. This abstract doesn't really describe the benefit of Impact Mapping. "Revealing hidden assumptions" seems so vague. Can you make the benefits more concrete?