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| Criterion |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 2-6 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-12 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |
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