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| Criterion |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |  Operations After-Action Review |  Operations Process Mapping |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 20-45 min | 1-3 h | 0.5-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 6-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | LearningOperationsImprovement | ProcessOperationsImprovement | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint |