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| Criterion |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. | 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 research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-3 h | 30–60 min | 1-3 h | 45–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-8 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause |