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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Discovery Learning Card |
|---|---|---|---|
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 initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 20–45 min | 25-40 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | Small cross-functional group | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Learning Card with evidence and next action |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning |
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