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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 15-200 | 2-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |