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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Systems Thinking Current Reality Tree |  UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-4 h | 2-6 h | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Current Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | JourneyServiceService design | Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |