Customer Journey Mapping
Increasing customer satisfaction while improving processes
Sandy Kemsley · sandy@kemsleydesign.com · @skemsley
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What is a customer journey map?
• A diagram of a customer’s steps when interacting with a company
• Activities
• Communication channels
• Touchpoints
• From the customer perspective
• Persona
• Goals
• Friction
• Linked to internal processes and resources
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Isn’t that just outside-in process modeling?
Yes…
• The customer journey is part of your end-to end business process
• A key component to outside-in architecture and strategy
• Can use existing process modeling tools
…but
• Includes storytelling linked to personas
• May include customer experience design
• Fully buzzword-compliant
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Why is customer journey mapping important?
• Improve customer experience
• Higher conversion rate
• Higher customer satisfaction
• Improve business knowledge
• Customer pathways/interactions
• Specific personas and channels
• Customer progress metrics
• Prioritize improvement
initiatives
• Balance customer and internal
needs
• Determine if your customer
journey is the right one
• Potential for business model
disruption
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How do I start customer journey mapping?
• Determine business goals
• Customer satisfaction
• Process improvement
• Use a realistic persona and scenario
• Quantitative data about customers and processes
• Qualitative research and anecdotes
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
• Validate customer scenario
• Assess internal change requirements
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What’s in a customer journey map?
• Persona
• Goals
• Stages and timeline
• Actions and touchpoints
• Online (UX)
• Offline/physical
• Channel stickiness
• Motivations and sentiment
• Obstacles
• Metrics
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How do I put my customer journey map into
action?
• Optimize end-to-end processes for customer needs
• Customer self-service and capture
• Automation of processes and decisions
• Internet of things
• Channel integration
• Personalization based on past interactions
• Contextual interactions
• Continuous innovation in response to customer choices
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How can customer journey maps make my
organization more customer-centric?
• Understand customer viewpoint, goals and pain points
• “We make them do what?!”
• Understand personal contribution
• Sense of ownership
• Empowerment for innovation
• Understand business benefit to improving customer journey
• Customer satisfaction and retention = higher revenues
• Improved processes and self-service = lower costs
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Questions?
Sandy Kemsley
sandy@kemsleydesign.com
Read my blog at column2.com
Find me on Twitter @skemsley
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Customer Journey Mapping

  • 1.
    Customer Journey Mapping Increasingcustomer satisfaction while improving processes Sandy Kemsley · sandy@kemsleydesign.com · @skemsley Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 1
  • 2.
    What is acustomer journey map? • A diagram of a customer’s steps when interacting with a company • Activities • Communication channels • Touchpoints • From the customer perspective • Persona • Goals • Friction • Linked to internal processes and resources Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 2
  • 3.
    Isn’t that justoutside-in process modeling? Yes… • The customer journey is part of your end-to end business process • A key component to outside-in architecture and strategy • Can use existing process modeling tools …but • Includes storytelling linked to personas • May include customer experience design • Fully buzzword-compliant Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 3
  • 4.
    Why is customerjourney mapping important? • Improve customer experience • Higher conversion rate • Higher customer satisfaction • Improve business knowledge • Customer pathways/interactions • Specific personas and channels • Customer progress metrics • Prioritize improvement initiatives • Balance customer and internal needs • Determine if your customer journey is the right one • Potential for business model disruption Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 4
  • 5.
    How do Istart customer journey mapping? • Determine business goals • Customer satisfaction • Process improvement • Use a realistic persona and scenario • Quantitative data about customers and processes • Qualitative research and anecdotes • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders • Validate customer scenario • Assess internal change requirements Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 5
  • 6.
    What’s in acustomer journey map? • Persona • Goals • Stages and timeline • Actions and touchpoints • Online (UX) • Offline/physical • Channel stickiness • Motivations and sentiment • Obstacles • Metrics Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 6
  • 7.
    How do Iput my customer journey map into action? • Optimize end-to-end processes for customer needs • Customer self-service and capture • Automation of processes and decisions • Internet of things • Channel integration • Personalization based on past interactions • Contextual interactions • Continuous innovation in response to customer choices Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 7
  • 8.
    How can customerjourney maps make my organization more customer-centric? • Understand customer viewpoint, goals and pain points • “We make them do what?!” • Understand personal contribution • Sense of ownership • Empowerment for innovation • Understand business benefit to improving customer journey • Customer satisfaction and retention = higher revenues • Improved processes and self-service = lower costs Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 8
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    Questions? Sandy Kemsley sandy@kemsleydesign.com Read myblog at column2.com Find me on Twitter @skemsley Copyright Kemsley Design Ltd., 2018 9