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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 for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
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.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage45-90 min45-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
6-122-63-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsTeam API Document
Tagsno overlap
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
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