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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Operations Theory of Constraints |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  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. | For a system that does not get faster despite effort, the method directs attention to the bottleneck. It concentrates improvement on the point that actually limits throughput. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | 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 | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2-4 h Analyse, laufend | 1-3 h | 0.5-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | 3-8 | 6-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Constraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow Metrics | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement | FlowMeasurementConstraints | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint |