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| Criterion | ![]() UX Design Customer Journey Canvas | ![]() Domain Modeling EventStorming | ![]() UX Research Customer Journey Mapping | ![]() Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | 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 opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 2-8 h | 2-4 h | 30-60 min je Interview |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-12 | 4-10 | 5-12 Interviews |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | JourneyServiceService design | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer |



