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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
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Facilitation
Storytelling
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 target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 Tage45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-6Internes Team1-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadencePersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
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