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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|
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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 5-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs |
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