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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Purposedifferent
When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30–60 min1-3 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-64-81-4
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale
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CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
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