Customer journey
mapping
Workshop
By Paola Miani | @pmiani
Today
1.  Introduction to journey maps
2.  The framework: Elements of a customer journey map
3.  Creating your customer journey map
01

Introduction to customer journey maps
A customer journey map
is a visually compelling story of the
customer experience over time and across
multiple touch points.
“The goal of the customer
journey map is to get a holistic
view of what the customer is
going through from their point
of view and what it’s like for
them on a personal level, that
human level.”
Kerry Bodine, Co Author of
Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers
at the Center of Your Business,
Customer journey maps
to generate empathy
Customer journey maps
to focus on the overall experience
Customer journey maps
to expose the changes in the customer
behaviour
Customer journey maps
to identify gaps in the experience
Customer journey maps

is a catalyst of conversations
Customer journey maps

to create alignment across teams
Customer journey maps

to make informed decisions
Challenge
What does an ideal online
banking onboarding process
look like in Europe?
A customer journey map helped to
explain the findings of a
multinational research project
through story telling
02

The framework: Elements of a
customer journey map
What do we want our
customers to SEE?
What do we want our
customers to DO and
feel?
What is the story we want
to tell them?
Facts + Feelings =
Journey map storytelling
Elements of storytelling
Characters ScenarioSituation
Behaviour Experience
Zone	A:	The	lens	
The	lens	provides	constraints	for	
the	map	by	assigning:	
1.  A	persona	(“who”)		
2.  The	scenario	to	be	examined	
(“what”)	
	
Zone	B:	The	experience	
The	heart	of	the	map	is	the	
visualized	experience	
3.  Phases	of	the	journey	
4.  AcGons	
5.  Thoughts	
6.  EmoGonal	experience	that	
the	user	has	throughout	the	
journey	(Quotes,	videos,	
emoGcons)	
	
Zone	C:	The	insights	
The	output	should	vary	based	on	
the	business	goal	the	map	
supports.		
7.  Insights	to	describe	what	
have	we	learn	such	as	pain	
points,	content	required,	
value	of	digital	channels,	
internal	ownership	
8.  OpportuniGes	to	improve	the	
experience	
1	 2	
3	 4	
5	
6	
7	
Zone	A	Zone	B	Zone	C	
Key points on every journey map
7
The steps
The
Experience
The
Insights
Thoughts,	feelings,	
pain	points,	quotes,	
touch	points.	
Overall	intent	
A detailed journey map can
inform a digital transformation
strategy
A simple journey map can outline the
emotions and pain points of the
experience
03

Creating your customer journey map
Brief
The Mobile UX conference wants to
know if it worth it to create a mobile app
for the conference and what content or
functionality would add more value to
their customers.
Who is the protagonist
of the story?
Demographics &
picture
Behaviour /
Activities
Information needs Goals / Painpoints
•  Conference	descripGon	
•  Speakers	
•  Price	
•  DuraGon	
•  LocaGon	/	venue	
•  Program	/	topics	
She	aspires	to	help	
stakeholders	to	
understand	the	overall	
customer	experience	and	
play	a	more	strategic	
role.	She	would	like	to	
know	what	are	the	best	
conferences	in	London.
Her	company	send	her	
every	year	to	a	conference	
of	her	choice.	She	
constantly	seeks	to	
improve	and	develop	her	
UX	skills.
Jackie,	32,	lives	in	Kent,	
Senior	UX	designer	with	5	
years	of	experience,	works	at	
the	digital	department	of	a	
big	company.	
Senior UX researcher
What is the protagonist of the
story trying to achieve and in
what context?
Jackie wants to learn new skills to
play a more strategic role in the
company. She has a budget of £500
max to spend on a conference or
course this year. She is very busy at
work and can only get 1 day off to
attend the conference.
Exercise 1 – Gather data
Individual brainstorm
Write one step per post it of
experience:
Before the event 2 min
During the event 2 min
After the event 2 min
Exercise 2 – Mapping
1. Before the event 2. During the event 3. After the event
Map out phases and actions within each phase.
Exercise 3 – Evaluate the experience
Include thinking and feeling, then circle key moments of the experience
Exercise 4 – Insights
Identify opportunities of improvement and consider whether an app could help to improve
certain phases of the journey
Exercise 5 – Present your findings
Tell the story of someone trying to achieve
something in a specific context.
Include actions, emotions and feelings
experienced during the journey.
Thank you !
Paola Miani - @pmiani
November 2016

Customer journey mapping workshop