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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Customer Journey Mapping | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() 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 several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements. | 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. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Half day | Half day initial, dann laufend | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Team API Document | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |



