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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Timeline | ![]() Operations After-Action Review | ![]() Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 20-45 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | LearningOperationsImprovement | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |
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