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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 Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-30 min Planung, laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-811-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
PlanningTime managementFocus
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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