16 November 2021 by Phillip JohnstonA Rich Picture is a method for defining and exploring a given “situation” through diagrams. They are particularly useful for depicting complex situations with multiple components and interactions. Ruth Malan often refers to rich pictures as “sketchprototypes”, since they allow you to try out different ways that the situation may play out, in different settings, with different potential solutions. Estimated duration: 30-120 minutes Purpose Rich pictures are usually drawn during the exploratory stages of a project, before we know much about the system we’re building. Rich pictures allow us to work informally and quickly to …
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