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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Timeline | ![]() Facilitation World Café | ![]() Product Discovery Fake Door Test | ![]() Product Discovery MVP Test Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. | When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-180 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 12-100+ | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision | Test Matrix, Test Plan |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions |



