Service Design –
Designing the Customer Experience
Workshop
So, what is this about?


The following slides are a summary of a service design
workshop we facilitated in Helsinki in January 2013
@ CGIs annual Ratkaisu-conference.

 Marianne Utnes Kjøsnes     Ingjerd Straand Jevnaker
 Service Designer, Oslo     Senior Service Designer, Oslo
If you want to know more,
       get in touch!              UX




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A customer experience is the sum of various
touchpoints and actors that make up the service
offering.




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What is service design?

Service design is all about making the service you deliver
useful, usable, efficient, effective and desirable.

Its aim is to create better customer experiences that are
valuable and useful for both the customer and the business.

Adapted from the UK Design Council and Service Design Berlin




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Walking in your customer’s shoes
To be able to create outstanding customer
experiences you need to be able to put
yourself in their shoes and under their skin.
Empathy
The ability to understand and share the
feelings of another.

Understanding and sharing your customers
feelings is essential to designing good
service experiences.
Who is the customer?
EMPATHY MAP
WORKSHEET
EMPATHY MAP
WORKSHEET
Empathy Map
Draw the empathy map for your customer




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A day in the life of...
What happens to your customer?
What services do they need - or want?
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF....
WORKSHEET
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF....
WORKSHEET
A day in the life of...
Draw the day of your customer




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SERVICE
WORK SHEET




Adapted from
Service Design Berlin
SERVICE
WORK SHEET




Adapted from
Service Design Berlin
Describe your service
Pick one idea for a service individually and fill
out the service work sheet.




                                          take
                                          away
...some snaps from the
    actual workshop.
What has this been about?
A quick snapshot of a way of working, getting
into the shoes of the customer.

Did it spark some new ideas?
Inspired?
Done correctly, service design is an holistic
approach to designing better customer
experiences that are valuable and useful
- for both the customer and the business.
But remember!
In a real project, this sort of workshop should
be done in conjunction with real user insight
(observation/interviews).

There is no replacing actual field work
(unless you are designing for yourself, which
is a bit of a risk really).
User Experience Specialists around the world
In CGI there are 150+ people who are passionate about delivering user-
friendly digital services and service design – of which around 45 people
are based in the Nordic Region.




                                    25     Copyright World Map: Antoine Mallet
What else do we do?




                      26   UX team, Oslo
If you want to know more,
       get in touch!




                            ux.no


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Service Design Workshop: Designing the Customer Experience

  • 1.
    Service Design – Designingthe Customer Experience Workshop
  • 2.
    So, what isthis about? The following slides are a summary of a service design workshop we facilitated in Helsinki in January 2013 @ CGIs annual Ratkaisu-conference. Marianne Utnes Kjøsnes Ingjerd Straand Jevnaker Service Designer, Oslo Senior Service Designer, Oslo
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    If you wantto know more, get in touch! UX ux.no 3
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    A customer experienceis the sum of various touchpoints and actors that make up the service offering. 4
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    What is servicedesign? Service design is all about making the service you deliver useful, usable, efficient, effective and desirable. Its aim is to create better customer experiences that are valuable and useful for both the customer and the business. Adapted from the UK Design Council and Service Design Berlin 5
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    Walking in yourcustomer’s shoes To be able to create outstanding customer experiences you need to be able to put yourself in their shoes and under their skin.
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    Empathy The ability tounderstand and share the feelings of another. Understanding and sharing your customers feelings is essential to designing good service experiences.
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    Who is thecustomer?
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    Empathy Map Draw theempathy map for your customer 10 min
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    A day inthe life of... What happens to your customer? What services do they need - or want?
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    A DAY INTHE LIFE OF.... WORKSHEET
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    A DAY INTHE LIFE OF.... WORKSHEET
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    A day inthe life of... Draw the day of your customer 10 min
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    Describe your service Pickone idea for a service individually and fill out the service work sheet. take away
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    ...some snaps fromthe actual workshop.
  • 22.
    What has thisbeen about? A quick snapshot of a way of working, getting into the shoes of the customer. Did it spark some new ideas?
  • 23.
    Inspired? Done correctly, servicedesign is an holistic approach to designing better customer experiences that are valuable and useful - for both the customer and the business.
  • 24.
    But remember! In areal project, this sort of workshop should be done in conjunction with real user insight (observation/interviews). There is no replacing actual field work (unless you are designing for yourself, which is a bit of a risk really).
  • 25.
    User Experience Specialistsaround the world In CGI there are 150+ people who are passionate about delivering user- friendly digital services and service design – of which around 45 people are based in the Nordic Region. 25 Copyright World Map: Antoine Mallet
  • 26.
    What else dowe do? 26 UX team, Oslo
  • 27.
    If you wantto know more, get in touch! ux.no 27

Editor's Notes

  • #7 Some people may see platform shoes as a necessity to get by in life, others perfer trainers
  • #8 And as in all design disciplines empathy is key. And in service design you really need to drill down to the core of the clients emotions.
  • #9 To do that, you need to know who your customers are. In todays workshop we have prepared 5 short and sweet customer profiles which we would like you further develop with a set of emotions.
  • #10 This brings us to the first task of the day: The empathy map.This map helps you in creating your customers emotions
  • #11 Here is an example of what we would like you to do next.You have all been assigned groups and a customer profile.Just to get you started; here is an exampleIf your customer is a recently retired professor in medicine, this may be how he feels
  • #12 Now its your turn