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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Product Discovery Product Kata |  Knowledge Modeling Peer Instruction |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. | Peer Instruction uses group thinking to clarify difficult terms or concepts faster. The method combines individual reflection with social correction and shared precision. | When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | 10-20 min je Frage | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-10 | 6-50 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Concept Questions, Vote Results, Learning Notes | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | LearningDialogueFacilitation | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue |