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Using GitHub for Impact Mapping

Dominant platform for source control and collaboration — used by 100M+ developers, making it the de facto standard for open-source and most commercial software teams. When combined with Impact Mapping, this makes GitHub a strong candidate for teams who want a structured, repeatable workflow without sacrificing flexibility. Impact Mapping works best in GitHub when you leverage its roadmapping to implement the framework's key practices directly in the tool your team already lives in.

About Impact Mapping

Impact Mapping creates a mind-map connecting a business goal to the actors who influence it, the behaviour changes needed, and the deliverables that enable those changes.

•Every deliverable must trace to an actor behaviour change that moves the goal

•Identify all actors who can help or hinder the goal, not just end users

•Each branch is an assumption: deliverable → impact → goal contribution

•Prioritise by testing the riskiest assumptions first

Which GitHub features matter for Impact Mapping

GitHub has 1 of 2 core Impact Mapping features natively.

Feature	Why it matters for Impact Mapping	GitHub
Roadmapping	Strategic planning and PI/initiative mapping	✓
Idea Management	Divergent ideation and opportunity management	✗
Custom Fields	Tracking methodology-specific metadata	✓
Backlog Management	Refined backlog for sprint planning input	✓
Okr Tracking	OKR hierarchy, check-ins, and progress tracking	✗

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