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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Facilitation 1-2-4-All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 10-20 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 1-6 | 4-12 | 4-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | DecisionTreeOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision | FacilitationInclusionIdeation |