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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 a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
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 a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage30-60 min45-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
6-123-124-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsLessons learned, Action items, Event summary
Tagsno overlap
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
LearningOperationsImprovement
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