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| Criterion | ![]() UX Design Customer Journey Canvas | ![]() UX Research Empathy 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. | When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. | 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 | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30–60 min | 0.5-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-8 | 6-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint |
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