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Actor Mapping

Identify all actors that are related to your product / service / experience. Actors can be human as well as non-human. This canvas is extending the Actant Mapping by Monika Sznel.

Author: Thorsten Jonas

Phase: Understanding

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SUX Playbook

Actor Mapping

Identify all actors that are related to your product / service / experience. Actors can be human as well as non-human. This canvas is extending the Actant Mapping by Monika Sznel.

Author: Thorsten Jonas

Phase: Understanding 

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Overview

Tool:
Acror Mapping

Goal:
Identify all actors that are related to your product / service / experience. Actors can be human as well as non-human. This is part of understanding the surrounding ecosystem of a product or service.

Where to use:
Actor Mapping can be used to evaluate everything from an entire product or service down to a single user/customer journey or use case.  

How to use:
The canvas can be used for an evaluation on your own as well as in a workshop setting with various stakeholders.

Example

Use Case:
Amazon Consumer Website

Description
In the example we evaluated the Actor Mapping for the Amazon Consumer Website.

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Example: Amazon Consumer Website

Downloads & Links

Please note: We offer all the tools we created for free and under creative commons license. If you use it, please refer to the SUX Network and the authors as origin of the tool or template you use.

Tool:
Actor Mapping

Author:
Thorsten Jonas

Note: this canvas is enhancing the Actant Mapping Canvas of Monika Sznel

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