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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Customer Journey Mapping | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() Facilitation Expectation Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-120 min | Half day initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan | Team API Document | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |



