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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
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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.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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 h1-3 hHalf day
Participantsdifferent
1-83-123-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsSystem Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanLeverage Map, Action Strategy
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
KnowledgeMappingRisk
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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