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.
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.
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