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Impact Effort Map
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What is Impact Effort Map?
Impact Effort Map is a card from the Workshop Tactics deck by Pip Decks.
Narrowing down your ideas means that you can focus on what is going to be the easiest and most valuable thing to work on.
Prior to this tactic, gather a list of items such as ideas from Idea Eight, or problems from Sailboat, Journey Map, Service Map or Empathy Map.
When to use Impact Effort Map
- Overwhelmed by too many project ideas
- Need to prioritize tasks for maximum impact
- Facing resource constraints and need to optimize efforts
- Desire to improve team alignment on project priorities
- Struggling with decision-making in product development
How to use Impact Effort Map
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Gather your ideas together and write a name for each one on a sticky note.
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Draw a Priority Map with Impact and Effort on the axes. Make sure it’s big enough to fit all your ideas!
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Plot each idea on the graph and discuss them in turn. As a group, decide how much effort is involved and what the impact will be.
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Make a plan with Sticky Steps on how you’ll action the ideas in Do now. Create commitment to those actions with Who, What, When.
