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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend5-15 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-1213-201
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
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