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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  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 a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | 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. | 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 | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 4-12 | 6-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | FacilitationOptionsDecision | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |