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Criterion
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Purposedifferent
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 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 a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 minHalber Tag bis 2 Tage1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-2015-2003-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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Fishbowl Discussion
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