Enhancing design strategy through visual mapping: the strategy map
by Ricardo Lopez-Leon; Enrique Macias
J. of Design Research (JDR), Vol. 18, No. 1/2, 2020

Abstract: The goal of this to paper is to present the Strategy Map: a visualisation tool for planning and activating design strategy. This paper highlights not only the beneficial practical aspect of this tool but also the epistemological background that will allow flexible, adaptable, and holistic thinking and practices when working with it. The Strategy Map (SM) is the result of a Master's Research that aimed to develop integral design practices. As a method, SM was effective in planning design strategy, and at the same time as a visualising tool. Thus, this paper focuses on developing the theoretical background of the SM, not present in the master's dissertation, and construct a step-by-step process on how to implement it for strategic planning. This is not a case study paper; it is an article that will describe in depth the epistemological foundations of a method-tool designed to develop integral strategic planning.

Online publication date: Wed, 23-Dec-2020

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