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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMedium
Timedifferent
30–60 min0.5-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options
Tagsno overlap
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
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