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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Product Discovery Concierge MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | 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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-3 h | 2-4 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-8 | 4-10 | 3-10 Kunden |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Concierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | JourneyServiceService design | MVPValidationServiceDiscovery |