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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 Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept 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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 hHalf day1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-83-123-81-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanValue Chain Map, Lever ListConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
KnowledgeMappingRisk
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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