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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 Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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 a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2002-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop