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Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Purposedifferent
When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.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 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
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min2-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-104-103-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogCustomer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
JourneyServiceService design
JourneyCustomerService designCanvas
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A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting