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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 RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend1-3 Tage1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
6-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-41-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapRAID Log, Status Report SourceArchitecture Views, Cross-view Notes, RationaleArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
Tagsno overlap
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
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