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Criterion
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 minHalf day1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-121-83-121-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanStoryboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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