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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | 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 | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ChangeDecisionStrategy | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |