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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  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. | 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 a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 5-30 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |