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| Criterion |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-3 h | 30–60 min | 2-4 h | 2-8 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-8 | 4-10 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | JourneyServiceService design | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop |