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| Criterion |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 2-4 h | 45-75 min | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Test Matrix, Test Plan | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | JourneyServiceService design | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |