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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |