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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 90-180 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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