I often use a list of product “Impact Areas” to assess the impact of a new feature on the rest of the product.
As I’m developing a requirement, I go through the list of impact areas and note down whether this feature requires a change in that area. If not, I mark it as “N/A.” If there is an impact, I note it down. When I was managing Accept360, some of the impact areas were:
In Accept360, I created a page in the requirement template with the Impact Area list. It was easy to go through the list and enter the notes. Today, using Confluence, I typically use a child page to capture the impact areas.
It’s sometimes difficult to make yourself go through this list, but particularly for bigger features, it’s a valuable exercise.
Your host and author, Nils Davis, is a long-time product manager, consultant, trainer, and coach. He is the author of The Secret Product Manager Handbook, many blog posts, a series of video trainings on product management, and the occasional grilled pizza.
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