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| Criterion |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 30-90 min | 60-180 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 15-200 | 2-8 | 4-20 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |