Life Cycle Analysis
Life Cycle Analysis Canvas
The Life Cycle Analysis canvas offers a comprehensive 60-minute workshop template that helps teams to work through the complete life cycle of one of their products. It provides insights and alignment on all the steps of the life cycle of a product and helps teams to get a clearer picture and see what their opportunities for circular and sustainable development are.
When to use The Life Cycle Analysis?
A life cycle analysis is an assessment of the impact one product has on the world (people and planet). In-depth LCA's quantify the impact a product has on its surroundings throughout every step of the supply chain. The LCA Canvas can serve as step one in this process. It allows your team to go through the process, gain insights into the impact your product has and align on the opportunities for improvement. The completed canvas can serve as guiding material for a more thorough and data-driven LCA.
How does the Life Cycle Analysis Canvas work?
You'll be guided to 3 informational components and 8 exercises.
An explanation of the Circular Economy (2 minutes)
Introduction of the product, a white cotton shirt. You can apply the process to the Cotton Shirt or use a product of your own. (1 minute)
Introduction to the Challenge. You can either work with the given challenge or craft a user story for your product. (2 minutes)
Material Extraction; How are the materials extracted from nature? (7 minutes)
Manufacturing: How are the extracted materials processed? (7 minutes)
Packaging and transport? How are the materials packaged & transported? (7 minutes)
Use phase: What does your user need to use the product? (7 minutes)
End of life: How can your user dispose of the product? (7 minutes)
Create a circular hitlist a.k.a. list of improvements and opportunities (7 minutes)
Prioritize your hitlist. Dot vote, take 3 votes per person. (3 minutes)
Plot your opportunities on the impact/effort matrix. (3 minutes)
Prep: If you are applying the canvas to one of your products make sure you prep a short briefing of the product and a user story.
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