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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-60 min | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |