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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Delivery Shape Up |  Product Discovery User Story Mapping |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut. | When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 2-4 h | 0.5-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 4-10 | 6-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog Candidates | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint |