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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-8 | 1-6 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | DecisionTreeOptions | FacilitationOptionsDecision |