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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  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. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 1-5 | 2-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | StrategyMarketAnalysis | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |