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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | ChangeDecisionStrategy | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |