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Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage1-3 h15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2001-81-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
SensemakingDecisionRationale
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
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