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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Team Design Team API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 90-180 min | 1-2 h | Half day initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 5-15 | 3-10 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Team API Document |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService |