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| Criterion |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Innovation Brainwriting |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on. | 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 15-30 min | 2-4 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 6-12 | 3-12 | 4-10 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas | JourneyServiceService design | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |