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| Criterion |  UX Design Storyboarding |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-12 | 1-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable Assumptions | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype | KnowledgeMappingRisk | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation |
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