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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
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 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.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
LowHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min0.5-2 Tage15-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-126-122-83-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsCustomer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
JourneyCustomerService designCanvas
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