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Criterion
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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.With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field.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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min5-10 min daily1-2 h1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-811-81
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsDaily Priority List, Completion NotesConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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