What are different types impacts a student Service Design project could have?

In short: contribution to the field (theoretical impact), organisational, social, environmental, business, personal, career, etc.

An illustration showing different types of impact a Service Design project can have: business, personal, career, eco, field, social, etc.

A student Service Design project can have many different types of impact. Here a few:

  • Contribution to the field: the project has helpedcreate a new method, question a way of working, helped other practitioners.
  • Organisational impact: the project has helped an organisation start or make a meaningful change.
  • Social impact: the project has helped do good for people, society, a community, etc.
  • Environmental impact: the project has helped to do good for the planet or its non humaninhabitants
  • Business impact: the project has helped an organization improve revenue or reduce cost
  • Personal impact: the project has helped the student grow
  • Career impact: the project has helped the student find his next job or better define his position in the job market. etc.
  • etc.

For each of these types of impacts there are many ways to show evidence for it.

written and sketched by hand

This article was written and illustrated by hand on a refurbished Remarkable II tablet. The handwritten text was converted to typed text with the Connect Service by Remarkable. If you are curious you can download the original note below.

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