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Criterion
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
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
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.When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage45-90 min30-60 min30-120 min
Participantsdifferent
6-122-51-52-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListObservation Notes, Improvement Ideas
Tags1 shared
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
LeanObservationProcessOperations
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