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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | JourneyServiceService design | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |