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A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Purposedifferent
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.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.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.
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0.5-2 Tage45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
6-122-51-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
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Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List
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Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
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A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
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
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk