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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1 h bis mehrere Wochen10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
2-121-84-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesPDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard ChangeIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
TimelineFacilitationSequence
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique