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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 Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain 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.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.A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario.Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list.
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30-90 min1-3 hHalf dayHalf day
Participantsdifferent
1-83-123-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanStress Test Report, Action Plan per ScenarioValue Chain Map, Lever List
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
KnowledgeMappingRisk
StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
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