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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Innovation Starbursting |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | When opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 Wochen | 30-60 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 5-12 Interviews | 3-10 | 3-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds |