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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Operations Waste Analysis |  Agile WSJF |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-120 min | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 | 5-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | WasteLeanProcess improvement | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion |