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Criterion
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
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 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
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 domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h2-8 h15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
4-105-122-6
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
JourneyServiceService design
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Barrier Analysis