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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
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
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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.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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30–60 min2-8 hHalf day
Participantsdifferent
4-85-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsLeverage Map, Action Strategy
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis