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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.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
HighLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage45-90 min90-180 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
6-122-84-123-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementCustomer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities
Tagsno overlap
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
JourneyCustomerService designCanvas
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