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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
Purposedifferent
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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions
Tags1 shared
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
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Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming