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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
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of VUCA Scan with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
VUCA Scan
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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.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.The VUCA Scan helps read difficult situations more precisely. Instead of treating unclarity as generally complicated, the method separates fast change, missing knowledge, systemic entanglement, and ambiguous interpretation.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-90 min0.5-2 Tage1-2 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsVUCA Map, Response Options, Signal and Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
SensemakingUncertaintyComplexityStrategyForesight
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