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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time. | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. | 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 three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 0.5-2 Tage | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-10 | 6-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |