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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Purposedifferent
When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.When a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately.When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
30-90 min2-4 h0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-124-106-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
JourneyServiceService design
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Paper illustration of a horizontal story map with an activity backbone, task cards below it and a cross-map release line.
Product Discovery
User Story Mapping