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Criterion
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.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
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min2-4 h2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
4-83-85-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
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A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
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Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
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