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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Fishbowl Discussion |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Facilitation World Café |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 controversial topic needs depth and discipline at the same time, Fishbowl Discussion makes the structure of the conversation transparent. The format keeps the core small enough for real dialogue and open enough for controlled turnover. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 8-80 | 2-8 | 12-100+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Discussion Insights, Observed Tensions, Follow-up Questions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationDialogueLarge group | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking |