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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Open Space Technology |  Innovation Starbursting |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 30-60 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 20-500+ | 3-10 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Session Marketplace, Proceedings, Action Topics | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |