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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-3 h | 15-45 min | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-8 | 1-3 | 4-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | SensemakingDecisionRationale | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | ComplexitySensemakingDecision |