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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
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.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.PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanPESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
KnowledgeMappingRisk
StrategyMarketAnalysis
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