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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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 workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought.When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min5-15 min1-3 Wochen60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-123-205-12 Interviews5-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
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