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Criterion
Paper illustration of a horizontal story map with an activity backbone, task cards below it and a cross-map release line.
Product Discovery
User Story Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Purposedifferent
When user goals and delivery scope could drift apart, it orders the journey from goal to slice. It makes visible where an MVP can genuinely be cut.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 many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h0.5-2 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-106-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Story Map, Release Slices, Backlog CandidatesService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
Tagsno overlap
BacklogJourneyPlanningMVP
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
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