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| Criterion |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |  Operations Getting Things Done |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Operations ALPEN Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | 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. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 0.5-2 Tage | 10-20 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1 | 6-12 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations |