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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Facilitation 3-Circle Venn Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-120 min | 30-90 min | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Venn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ComparisonFacilitationAlignment |