Building a Journey Map: A Hands-On Workshop
1h 3mBeginner2022-09-13
Authors

Sarah Weise
Author and CEO of Bixa, a marketing research studio
Course details
What happens when a customer journey is not straightforward and linear? How do you represent a customer's journey for a product that’s not a product at all, but a series of products, services, or interactions with your brand? Join UX expert Sarah Weise for a hands-on workshop in how to plot a journey from research insights to actually getting it down on paper. Sarah explains the benefits and building blocks of journey mapping, then dives into the techniques you need to get the right data. She shares tips to glean insights from your data, such as thematic analysis coding, cluster analysis, prioritization techniques, and more. Sarah highlights how you can ideate opportunities, consider the journey for different audiences, and add information about internal tools and processes in order to make value-driven decisions. Plus, she offers a final tip to start thinking about journey maps as living documents, built to be iterated on.
Skills covered
Customer Service ManagementCustomer ServiceDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Build a journey map
1. What Is Journey Mapping
- 02 - The benefits of journey mapping
- 03 - The tough questions
- 04 - Building blocks of a journey map
2. Getting the Right Data
- 05 - Imagine the last time you took a trip
- 06 - Choosing key phases for your journey map
- 07 - Gathering data for your journey map from secondary sources
- 08 - Gathering data for your journey map from primary research
- 09 - Asking the right questions
3. Teasing Insights from Data
- 10 - Synthesizing insights from data - Thematic analysis coding
- 11 - Synthesizing insights from data - Coding in action
- 12 - Cluster analysis for large volumes of data
- 13 - Visualizing a nonlinear journey map
- 14 - Prioritization techniques to identify moments of truth
4. Making Value-Driven Decisions
- 15 - Ideating opportunities
- 16 - Considering the journey for different audiences
- 17 - Service blueprinting - A plan for backstage support
Conclusion
- 18 - The journey continues
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