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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation Question Burst |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Innovation Round Robin Brainstorming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 15-30 min | 15-45 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 1-10 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Idea List, Cluster, Shortlist |
Tags1 shared | TimelineFacilitationSequence | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity |