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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Open Space Technology |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 complex topic does not yet have a fitting agenda, Open Space Technology hands topic ownership back to the participants. The format suits questions that only move forward when real interest determines the order. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 20-500+ | 10-50 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Session Marketplace, Proceedings, Action Topics | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |