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Criterion
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Purposedifferent
When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage15-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
15-2001-32-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping