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Criterion
Paper timeline with three dates, parallel lanes for work, signals and decisions, and labeled links.
Facilitation
Timeline
Paper illustration of many question cards around one challenge
Facilitation
Question Burst
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
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 problem gets covered up too quickly with answers, Question Burst puts the better question at the center. The format opens the thinking space before the group commits to an interpretation.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowHigh
Timedifferent
30-90 min15-30 min5-15 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-122-83-203-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Timeline, Milestones, Insight NotesQuestion List, Reframed Challenge, Learning PromptsRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions
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TimelineFacilitationSequence
QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
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