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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 minHalber Tag bis 2 Tage60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-122-815-2004-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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