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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 10-20 min daily | 20-35 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |