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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-4 h | 20–45 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 4-10 | Small cross-functional group | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | JourneyServiceService design | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |