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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage15-45 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
6-121-32-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapADR File, Decision Log, RationaleProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving