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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 20-35 min | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 5-30 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |