An epic is a high-level deliverable that represents a capability needed to address a business problem or achieve a measurable goal. Teams build an Epic Landscape by connecting business problems, goals, impacts, and deliverables, creating a breadth-first view of the capabilities worth pursuing. section 4.4.4
Use epics to keep delivery conversations focused on business value rather than terminology:
- Start with pain points and convert them into tangible, measurable goals. section 4.4.4
- Trace goals through actors, impacts, and deliverables; treat the resulting high-level deliverables as candidate epics. section 4.4.4
- Keep only the most valuable deliverables when many possible capabilities compete for attention. section 4.4.4
- Organize higher-level requirements into manageable sizes so stakeholders can understand them, validate assumptions, and provide feedback. section 5.2
From an acquisition problem to an epic landscape
A team notices that too few business travelers visit its site. It turns the pain point into a measurable goal: increase visits from business travelers by 300 percent. The team then explores the actions and deliverables that could support that goal, retaining the most valuable candidates as high-level epics rather than keeping every possible idea. section 4.4.4
Figure 4.18 A completed Pirate Canvas shows an Epic Landscape, high-level deliverables in the context of the bottlenecks they aim to eliminate.
Use the completed Pirate Canvas to see how an Epic Landscape places high-level deliverables in the context of the bottlenecks they aim to eliminate. section 4.4.4
