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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
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 ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Purposedifferent
Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down2-4 h10-20 min daily0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch4-1016-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
JourneyServiceService design
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
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