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Journey Map

A map of what someone goes through, start to finish.

Definition

A visualisation of the stages a person moves through, including actions, thoughts, emotions and pain points.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

In plain language

A map of what someone goes through, start to finish.

Example

Mapping a returns experience across the website, the courier and the email confirmation.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Deeper reading

The full entry behind this definition.

Related concept

Connected closely enough to change how you apply this.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.