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Criterion
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.When a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-180 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
15-2002-4 pro Pitch12-100+3-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
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