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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity |
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