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Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
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
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Purposedifferent
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 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.A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30–60 min2-4 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research GapsJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogQuality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns
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SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
JourneyServiceService design
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
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Affinity Diagramming
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Affinity Diagramming
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
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Risk Storming
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting