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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Agile WSJF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 Wochen | 90-180 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 5-12 Interviews | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization |