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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  UX Design Design Studio |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Innovation Design Charrette |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-8 | 5-30 | 10-50 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Sketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | SketchingCollaborationIdeation | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation |