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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-120 min | 30-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |