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Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
30-90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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