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Plan a concrete work block with agenda, roles, preparation, and a copyable result artifact.

Method session1-3 hWorkshopCustomer Journey Canvas

Session: Customer Journey Canvas

The plan translates the method into a concrete facilitated work block. Your inputs flow directly into the session brief and work artifact.

Derived automatically

Method session with 3-10. The plan uses the existing method logic and the runsheet.

Runsheet
Participation logic
Team round, shared work and alignment

Use the session for shared understanding. Contributions are collected visibly, assumptions are aligned, and open differences remain traceable in the artifact.

Outcome logic
Finish artifact

The session works directly toward Customer Journey Canvas. After the session, the artifact should be shareable, reviewable, or reusable.

  1. 1

    Phase 1: Persona briefing

    10 min

    Present persona profile: goals, context, current situation. Define journey scope (trigger and endpoint). Build shared understanding before adding content. Hint: If the team does not share the persona, the canvas becomes inconsistent. Align persona first, then map.

    FacilitatorCustomer Journey Canvas
  2. 2

    Phase 2: Phases and customer doing

    20-30 min

    Define 4-7 phases from persona perspective. Collect key customer actions per phase as verb-style stickies. Base on research notes. Hint: Actions are what the persona does, not what we offer. The distinction matters: "reads reviews" versus "receives newsletter."

    FacilitatorPain Points
  3. 3

    Phase 3: Touchpoints and channels

    15-20 min

    For each action, define touchpoint and channel (App screen, hotline number, office XY). Mark cross-channel transitions. Hint: Gaps between channels (for example app to hotline) are often key pain points. Mark transitions explicitly.

    FacilitatorExperience Opportunities
  4. 4

    Phase 4: Customer thinking & feeling

    20-30 min

    Capture emotional state and thoughts for each phase (for example "uncertain," "relieved," "lost"). Support with interview quotes. Draw an emotion curve across all phases. Hint: Overly positive emotion curves (all upward) are warning signs. Real journeys have emotional dips. Use real quotes for grounding.

    FacilitatorCustomer Journey Canvas
  5. 5

    Phase 5: Pain points and opportunities

    20-30 min

    Mark pain points as red stickies, opportunities as green. Opportunity describes the problem space, not solution. Mark top three opportunities with owner. Hint: Pain points without opportunity are complaints. Opportunity without pain is a wish. Explicitly connect the two.

    FacilitatorPain Points
  6. 6

    Phase 6: Synthesis and follow-up

    10-15 min

    Photograph or export the canvas. Move top three opportunities with owner and date into backlog. Plan follow-up workshops (Service Blueprint, Solution Sprint). Hint: Without follow-up, the canvas drifts away. At least three opportunities need owners by end of workshop.

    OwnerExperience Opportunities
  7. 7

    Publish artifact

    10 min

    Check the artifact for completeness, define location, set version or status, and name review recipients.

    OwnerCustomer Journey Canvas
Usable artifact

Session Brief

For invitations, boards, tickets, PR descriptions, or workshop notes.

session-brief.md

Session Brief: Customer Journey Canvas

Goal

Artifact: Customer Journey Canvas

Working Question

How does the persona experience the journey end-to-end, at which touchpoints, with which emotions, and where are concrete improvement opportunities?

Context

Persona profile; research highlights and quotes; current touchpoint list; known pain points from support or NPS; scope definition (start and end of the journey).

Setup

  • Format: Method session
  • Duration: 1-3 h
  • Mode: Workshop
  • Participants: A service designer or UX researcher as facilitator; persona owner from research; 3-7 stakeholders from Product, Service, Marketing, Operations; one note-taker.
  • Owner: A service designer or UX researcher as facilitator
  • Participation mode: Team round, shared work and alignment
  • Outcome logic: Finish artifact

Participation Logic

Use the session for shared understanding. Contributions are collected visibly, assumptions are aligned, and open differences remain traceable in the artifact.

Outcome Logic

The session works directly toward Customer Journey Canvas. After the session, the artifact should be shareable, reviewable, or reusable.

Input

Customer-journey canvas template (for example Design a Better Business) with columns for phases, rows for Customer Doing, Touchpoints, Customer Thinking & Feeling, Pain Points, Opportunities; stickies; markers; research notes ready.

Preparation

Post the canvas in working space and place persona at the top. Pre-label phase columns (or leave empty for co-definition). Define sticky colors per row. Set timer to 90 min.

Agenda

  1. Phase 1: Persona briefing (10 min) Owner: Facilitator Action: Present persona profile: goals, context, current situation. Define journey scope (trigger and endpoint). Build shared understanding before adding content. Hint: If the team does not share the persona, the canvas becomes inconsistent. Align persona first, then map. Output: Customer Journey Canvas

  2. Phase 2: Phases and customer doing (20-30 min) Owner: Facilitator Action: Define 4-7 phases from persona perspective. Collect key customer actions per phase as verb-style stickies. Base on research notes. Hint: Actions are what the persona does, not what we offer. The distinction matters: "reads reviews" versus "receives newsletter." Output: Pain Points

  3. Phase 3: Touchpoints and channels (15-20 min) Owner: Facilitator Action: For each action, define touchpoint and channel (App screen, hotline number, office XY). Mark cross-channel transitions. Hint: Gaps between channels (for example app to hotline) are often key pain points. Mark transitions explicitly. Output: Experience Opportunities

  4. Phase 4: Customer thinking & feeling (20-30 min) Owner: Facilitator Action: Capture emotional state and thoughts for each phase (for example "uncertain," "relieved," "lost"). Support with interview quotes. Draw an emotion curve across all phases. Hint: Overly positive emotion curves (all upward) are warning signs. Real journeys have emotional dips. Use real quotes for grounding. Output: Customer Journey Canvas

  5. Phase 5: Pain points and opportunities (20-30 min) Owner: Facilitator Action: Mark pain points as red stickies, opportunities as green. Opportunity describes the problem space, not solution. Mark top three opportunities with owner. Hint: Pain points without opportunity are complaints. Opportunity without pain is a wish. Explicitly connect the two. Output: Pain Points

  6. Phase 6: Synthesis and follow-up (10-15 min) Owner: Owner Action: Photograph or export the canvas. Move top three opportunities with owner and date into backlog. Plan follow-up workshops (Service Blueprint, Solution Sprint). Hint: Without follow-up, the canvas drifts away. At least three opportunities need owners by end of workshop. Output: Experience Opportunities

  7. Publish artifact (10 min) Owner: Owner Action: Check the artifact for completeness, define location, set version or status, and name review recipients. Output: Customer Journey Canvas

Closeout

  • Update result artifact: Customer Journey Canvas
  • Define location, version, and review recipients.
  • Define owner, next step, and review date.
Usable artifact

Work artifact

Pre-filled starting point based on the matching template.

work-artifact.md

Customer Journey Canvas: Customer Journey Canvas

Working Question

How does the persona experience the journey end-to-end, at which touchpoints, with which emotions, and where are concrete improvement opportunities?

Context

Persona profile; research highlights and quotes; current touchpoint list; known pain points from support or NPS; scope definition (start and end of the journey).

Participants

  • Owner: A service designer or UX researcher as facilitator
  • Participants: A service designer or UX researcher as facilitator; persona owner from research; 3-7 stakeholders from Product, Service, Marketing, Operations; one note-taker.

Input

Customer-journey canvas template (for example Design a Better Business) with columns for phases, rows for Customer Doing, Touchpoints, Customer Thinking & Feeling, Pain Points, Opportunities; stickies; markers; research notes ready.

Template

Customer Journey Canvas Canvas

Context

What is this method used for?

Core question

Which question should be answered at the end?

Input

Which data, observations, or materials are available?

Working area

  • Area 1:
  • Area 2:
  • Area 3:
  • Relationships / patterns:

Output artifacts

  • Customer Journey Canvas:
  • Pain Points:
  • Experience Opportunities:

Open questions

  • ...

Next step

Owner, date, success signal.

Completion Check

  • Customer Journey Canvas is complete enough for review:
  • Location:
  • Version / status:
  • Review by:
  • Next step:

Next Step

  • Review result
  • Mark open questions
  • Schedule review or decision
Template base

Customer Journey Canvas Working Template

View templateCompact working template for Customer Journey Canvas with context, input, output artifacts, and next step.
canvas

customer-journey-canvas-working-template.md

Compact working template for Customer Journey Canvas with context, input, output artifacts, and next step.

Customer Journey Canvas Canvas

Context

What is this method used for?

Core question

Which question should be answered at the end?

Input

Which data, observations, or materials are available?

Working area

  • Area 1:
  • Area 2:
  • Area 3:
  • Relationships / patterns:

Output artifacts

  • Customer Journey Canvas:
  • Pain Points:
  • Experience Opportunities:

Open questions

  • ...

Next step

Owner, date, success signal.

Ready to use when
  • Working question, owner, and target artifact are visible.
  • The result fits Customer Journey Canvas.
  • One canvas per persona with date. For implementation iterations create a new version and keep old one. Document before/after comparison in a separate file.
  • Open questions are noted as follow-ups.
  • The next review or decision point is scheduled.
ProfileRunsheet