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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Product Discovery Smoke 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 10-50 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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