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Criterion
Paper illustration for Open Space Technology.
Facilitation
Open Space Technology
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Purposedifferent
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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-4 Wochen1-2 hHalber Tag bis 2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
20-500+6-30 Experten2-815-200
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Marketplace, Proceedings, Action TopicsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportSession Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
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