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| Criterion |  Facilitation Delegation Poker |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |  Facilitation Open Space Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice. | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-45 min | 30-90 min | 0.5-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 1-10 | 3-20 | 20-500+ |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Delegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role Agreements | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Session Marketplace, Proceedings, Action Topics |
Tagsno overlap | AutonomyRolesTeam | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy |