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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Timeline | ![]() Facilitation Nominal Group Technique | ![]() UX Design Customer Journey Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | When a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-120 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 5-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Customer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | JourneyCustomerService designCanvas |
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