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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |