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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |  Product Discovery Assumption 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. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 | 3-10 Kunden | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |