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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 5-15 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-20 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs |