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Paper illustration of Product Vision Board with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Product Vision Board
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
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Purposedifferent
When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team.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 headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.
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Timedifferent
1-2 h2-4 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-102-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation QuestionsJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogCounter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions
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VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment
JourneyServiceService design
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Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping