Whether it is buying a car, waiting for the cable installer, or dealing with flight changes at the airport, we've all been forced to interact with poorly designed services.
This workshop was conducted for the Design Thinking:DC in 2014, to explore service design and some of its tools. It uses the customer journey tool and built upon it using a service blueprint to think about how to implement the operational processes necessary to make the user experience more efficient and enjoyable.
2. What is Service Design?
Service design aims at designing services that are
useful, usable and desirable from the user
perspective, and efficient, effective and different from
the provider perspective.
“
Mager, B., & Sung, T. J. (2011). Special issue editorial:
Designing for services. International Journal of Design, 5(2), 1-3.
3. What is Service Design?
Service design aims at designing services that are
useful, usable and desirable from the user
perspective, and efficient, effective and different from
the provider perspective.
“
When you have two coffee shops next to each
other that sell the same product at the same price,
service design is the reason why you walk into one
and not the other.
“
Mager, B., & Sung, T. J. (2011). Special issue editorial:
Designing for services. International Journal of Design, 5(2), 1-3.
Stickforn, M., & Schneider, J. (2012). This is Service Design Thinking: Basics, Tools, Cases.
4. What are we doing today?
We are going to map a “typical” user experience.1
2
3
We are going identify any “pain points”
and try to improve the overall experience.
We are going to think about what it would take to
make that user experience happen.
9. User Journey
Arrives at car
rental agency
Asks for
reserved car
Complains
about
unavailable
car
10. User Journey
Arrives at car
rental agency
Asks for
reserved car
Accepts
alternate car
Complains
about
unavailable
car
11. User Journey
Arrives at car
rental agency
Asks for
reserved car
Fills out form
Accepts
alternate car
Complains
about
unavailable
car
12. User Journey
Arrives at car
rental agency
Asks for
reserved car
Fills out form
Accepts
alternate car
Complains
about
unavailable
car
+ Pain Points
13. User Journey
Arrives at car
rental agency
Asks for
reserved car
Fills out form
Accepts
alternate car
Complains
about
unavailable
car
+ Pain Points
Mishandled
reservation
14. User Journey
Arrives at car
rental agency
Asks for
reserved car
Fills out form
Accepts
alternate car
Complains
about
unavailable
car
+ Pain Points
Mishandled
reservation
“Chat with
manager”
15. User Journey
(Improved!)
Arrives at car
rental agency
Asks for
reserved car
Fills out form
Accepts
alternate car
Complains
about
unavailable
car
Mishandled
reservation
“Chat with
manager”
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
16. Your Turn!
• Cable company
• Car dealership
• Dentist
• Bank
• Airport
• Something else?
24. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
3
4
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Backstage
support
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form2 Web-
site
25. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
3
4
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Backstage
support
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
2 Web-
site
26. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
3
4
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Backstage
support
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Confirms
reservation
2 Web-
site
27. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
3
4
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Backstage
support
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Confirms
reservation
Hands
out form
2 Web-
site
28. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
3
4
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Backstage
support
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Confirms
reservation
Enters
informatio
n
Hands
out form
2 Web-
site
29. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
2
3
4
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Backstage
support
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Confirms
reservation
Enters
informatio
n
Hands
out form
Web-
site
30. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
2
3
4
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Backstage
support
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Hands
out form
Confirms
reservation
Maintains
website
Web-
site
Enters
informatio
n
31. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
2
3
4
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Backstage
support
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Hands
out form
Confirms
reservation
Prints
forms
Maintains
website
Web-
site
Enters
informatio
n
32. Web-
site
Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
2
3
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Hands
out form
4 Backstage
support
Confirms
reservation
Prints
forms
Maintains
website
Enters
informatio
n
33. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
2
3
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Hands
out form
4 Backstage
support
Car reservation
system
Confirms
reservation
Enters
informatio
n
Web-
site
Prints
forms
Maintains
website
34. Service Blueprint
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
2
3
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Hands
out form
4 Backstage
support
Car reservation
system
Fleet control
system
Confirms
reservation
Enters
informatio
n
Web-
site
Prints
forms
Maintains
website
35. Your Turn!
Arrives at car
rental agency
Fills out form
Asks for
reserved car
User
actions
1
2
3
5
Touch-
points
Frontline
staff
Support
processes
Salesperson Paper form
Greets
customer
Hands
out form
4 Backstage
support
Car reservation
system
Fleet control
system
Confirms
reservation
Enters
informatio
n
Web-
site
Prints
forms
Maintains
website