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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-2 h1-2 h15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-124-122-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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