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Customer Journey Mapping Research Report 2019

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Back in May, we reached out to our users asking them to participate in the research where we investigated software and techniques used when working with customer journey mapping.

Our request was successful: 150 customer experience professionals filled in the questionnaire; we conducted 14 in-depth interviews.

It took our researchers a while to compile survey results into a report. Today, we are going to share its takeaways with you.

Spoiler: the download link on the customer journey research is at the end of the post.

Survey participants

Customer experience professionals from 21 countries took part in the survey.

The majority of respondents were UX professionals, followed by CX professionals, Product/Project Managers, and consultants.

Follow-up interviews

The interviewees represented different industries: finance, B2B, healthcare, entertainment, information technology, logistics, multiple industries (agents), and government.

Key research highlights

The survey revealed that 52.2% of respondents don’t use any software for researching, storing, and analyzing their findings.

Top five data sources for CJMs

  • Interviews with users and customers
  • Survey participants’ own ideas and hypotheses
  • Team discussions
  • Observations
  • Online surveys

Key complementary techniques

  • Personas
  • Brainstorming
  • Usability testing
  • Business model canvas
  • Experience prototyping
  • Mind mapping

Digital vs non-digital tools

Using software during workshops feels “less comfortable” and the interviewees find digital tools less interactive. Non-digital tools (e.g., a notebook and pen and sticky notes) are still extremely popular.

Customer journey map as a living document

For product teams, a customer journey map has more value when it becomes a “living document” that is constantly updated. But keeping a map up to date manually requires a lot of resources.

For instance, analysts in data-driven companies often perform complex calculations prior to presenting any results to stakeholders and rarely use raw data from analytics tools.

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Tanya Levdikova

Tanya Levdikova is Head of Content at UXPressia, a customer experience mapping platform. A content strategist with 10+ years in B2B SaaS and tech, she leads content strategy and contributes to acquisition, product releases, and marketing automation. She also studies how companies structure their customer experience by mapping public journeys to spot gaps and missed opportunities in messaging, funnels, and lifecycle communication.

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