Universal Methods of Design

SYNTHESIS / ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE

85 Territory Maps

Territory maps are visual artifacts that represent the shared focus of the design team for anticipated design activities, including the identification of suggested stakeholders.¹

The process of creating a territory map draws on the existing preconceptions and knowledge of design team members, with the contributions of each person recognized in a shared vision, visually expressed in a diagram. The simplicity of the visual diagram is deceptively powerful, representing an acknowledgement of individual perspectives in a consensus artifact around which the focus of design activities can be fostered and ...