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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
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems 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.Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-83-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsSystem Map, Dependencies, Leverage Points
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
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