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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Fishbowl Discussion |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 25-40 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 8-80 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Discussion Insights, Observed Tensions, Follow-up Questions | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationDialogueLarge group | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |