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JOURNEY MAPS 

Cheat Sheet
As soon as you have the feeling that your map is
finished, ask yourself the following questions:
▶  Is the beginning really the beginning?
▶  Is the end really the end?
▶  Did I miss anything in between?

Journey maps visualize the experiences a user or customer


has over time. Like a movie tells a story of an actor as a JOURNEY MAP (SMAPLY PDF EXPORT)

sequence of scenes, a journey map illustrates your persona’s


experiences as a sequence of steps. Anna's airport experience
JOURNEY MAP
Airport experience
PROJECT

Pre-boarding experience Fl

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Anna checks in Anna arrives at the airport Anna checks out the flight gates Anna goes through security Anna goes through passport con… Anna goes to the gate Anna waits for boarding Anna queues up for boarding Ann

± 2 Anna A N N A’ S J O U R N E Y

Start out with the central point of your service.


Anna checks in Anna arrives at the airport Anna checks out the flight gates Anna goes through security Anna goes through passport Anna goes to the gate Anna waits for boarding Anna queues up for boarding Ann
control

What happens before? What happens afterwards?


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Anna A N N A’ S S T O R Y B O A R D

BASIC STRUCTURE
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Anna A N N A’ S D E TA I L E D D E S C R I P T I O N

Anna almost forgot to check in and Anna arrives at the airport in time The mobile app does not show Anna travels with hand luggage As she is taking an international After passing security she she Anna finds a cafe near her gate, After having a coffee Anna It's a
1 STAGES 4 TEXT LANE 7 DRAMATIC ARC is thankful the app reminds her to
do it.
and enters the departure hall. Anna her gate yet, however she
finds her gate on the display board.
only, so she can go directly to the
security check. She has her
flight, Anna has to go through
passport control.
proceeds to the gate her flight will
leave from.
takes a seat, and tries to relax. approaches her gate and waits for
the boarding to start.
pass
airpl
boarding pass ready in the airline's very
mobile app. She
Stages give a map an outline, like: Add additional information to describe Use a dramatic arc to illustrate the
pre-service, service, post-service … your persona’s experience even further. rhythm of an experience. When is a
You can add different lanes for needs, persona relaxed and when excited? Anna C HANNEL OVERVIEW
2 STEPS AND TITLES
KPIs, thinking, ideas, improvements, key Each step is evaluated on a 5-point 5 Display boards

Each journey consists of a sequence learnings, etc. scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high).
of steps (activities, touchpoints, Face to face conversation

micro-interactions, etc). 5 CHANNEL LANE 8 ADD MORE PERSONAS


Mobile app

Give each step a short title summarizing Icons help to illustrate the channels Add more personas to compare
your persona’s experience and activity. your persona uses or could use for experiences of different customer Printed documents

each step. Who is responsible for each groups, employees, etc.


3 STORYBOARD In-flight magazine

channel? What can you influence?


Real photos, screenshots, or other
­visuals are helpful to tell your persona’s 6 EMOTIONAL JOURNEY
Anna EMOTIONAL JOURNEY

story. Plus: others can navigate This graph illustrates your persona’s 6 +2

the journey map more quickly and satisfaction per step on a simple 5-point +1

empathize with your persona. scale from –2 to +2. +0

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Anna / Tess D R A M AT I C A R C

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