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| Criterion |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Agile WSJF |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Operations ABC Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable 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. | With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 | 6-12 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List |
Tagsno overlap | JourneyServiceService design | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio |