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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
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
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 many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 h Setup, laufend30-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1011-61
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions
Tagsno overlap
JourneyServiceService design
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
DecisionTreeOptions
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
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