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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 for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-2 h90-180 min initial, dann laufend60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
6-124-123-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsKPI Tree, Owner ListStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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