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| Criterion |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment 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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 0.5-2 Tage | 60–90 min | 2-4 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 6-12 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | JourneyServiceService design | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |