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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  UX Design Service Blueprinting |  Operations A3 Problem Solving |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit. | For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 45-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map | A3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint | LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |