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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2-4 h | Half day | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |