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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Product Strategy Product Vision Board |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When a product needs a shared direction, it connects target audience, benefit, and business picture in a clear vision. It makes the envisioned future legible for the team. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-3 h | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Product Vision Board, Vision Statement, Assumptions and Validation Questions |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | VisionCanvasStrategyAlignment |