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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | 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. | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 2-4 h | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | 6-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | JourneyServiceService design | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |