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A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
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
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Purposedifferent
Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-6 h2-4 h30–60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-104-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read ModelsJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps
Tagsno overlap
EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior
JourneyServiceService design
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
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EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas