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| Criterion |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  UX Research Personas |  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. | When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. | When target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions. | 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 | 30-60 min je Interview | 1-3 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-12 | 5-12 Interviews | Internes Team | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Persona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario Notes | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | ResearchCustomerSynthesis | JourneyServiceService design |