> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/data-landscape-playbook/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://open-data-institute.gitbook.io/data-landscape-playbook/play-five-plan-the-activities-of-your-initiative.md).

# Play five: Plan for impact when designing your data initiative

Defining the impact of the initiative – and the inputs, activities and outputs it needs to deliver to achieve that impact – will help you in designing a roadmap to address the problem you are trying to solve, and illustrate how and why your initiative is expected to bring about the desired change in its given context.

| <p><strong>Activities in this step include:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="/pages/-MTGp2injAIoDlNzxY_b"><strong>Planning an impactful initiative</strong></a></li><li><a href="/pages/-MTGqbZsD2sR9Psw6G3d"><strong>Identifying the assumptions, external factors and consequences</strong></a></li><li><a href="/pages/-MTGqvPIqU-FrAgMqWT8"><strong>Sketching your evaluation framework</strong></a></li></ul><p> <strong>By the end of this section you might be able to:</strong> </p><ul><li><strong>Define the main activities and inputs needed to build or strengthen data infrastructure</strong></li><li><strong>Design the outputs that will contribute to an impactful initiative</strong> </li><li><strong>Select indicators of success to monitor and communicate the main outcomes of the initiative</strong></li></ul> |
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