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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Customer Journey Mapping | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter | ![]() UX Design Customer Journey Canvas | ![]() Facilitation Expectation 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 team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | 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. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2-4 h | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |



