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| Criterion |  UX Design Storyboarding |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. | When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-12 | 2-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable Assumptions | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype | KnowledgeMappingRisk | TimelineFacilitationSequence | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |