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A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for Open Space Technology.
Facilitation
Open Space Technology
Purposedifferent
When an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.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 complex topic does not yet have a fitting agenda, Open Space Technology hands topic ownership back to the participants. The format suits questions that only move forward when real interest determines the order.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-180 min0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-100+20-500+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsSession Marketplace, Proceedings, Action Topics
Tagsno overlap
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy
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Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration for Peer Instruction.
Knowledge Modeling
Peer Instruction