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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation World Café |  Operations After-Action Review |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-180 min | 20-45 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 12-100+ | 3-12 | 3-20 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | LearningOperationsImprovement | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue |