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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Product Discovery Opportunity Scoring |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 15-45 min | 60-120 min | 1-3 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 1-10 | 3-6 | 5-12 Interviews |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Opportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds | CustomerOutcomesNeeds |