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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Barcamp | ![]() Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud | ![]() Systems Thinking Leverage Points | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 60-120 min | Half day | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 15-200 | 2-8 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |



