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Selected:Service BlueprintingBusiness Model CanvasBlue Ocean Strategy CanvasCustomer Journey Mapping
| Criterion | ![]() UX Design Service Blueprinting | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Canvas | ![]() Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas | ![]() UX Research Customer Journey 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. | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 1-2 h | 2-4 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | JourneyServiceService design |



