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A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
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.Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience OpportunitiesFive Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsProduct Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation Questions
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JourneyCustomerService designCanvas
StrategyCompetitionMarket
VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping