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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Timeline | ![]() Facilitation Question Burst | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 15-30 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Question List, Reframed Challenge, Learning Prompts | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tags1 shared | TimelineFacilitationSequence | QuestionsReframingFacilitationSensemaking | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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