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A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage45-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
6-122-61-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
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