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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Facilitation Question Burst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | When a problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-90 min | 60-180 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 4-10 | 4-20 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking |