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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 illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.
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2-4 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down10-20 min daily
Participantsdifferent
4-102-4 pro Pitch1
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
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Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes
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JourneyServiceService design
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
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A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done