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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 Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung2-4 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
6-123-20 Reviewer4-102-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
JourneyServiceService design
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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