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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-6 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | DecisionTreeOptions |
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