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Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
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.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent
15-200Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
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Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
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Paper illustration for Open Space Technology.
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Paper illustration for Peer Instruction.
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