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Criterion
Paper illustration of Product Kata with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Product Kata
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Purposedifferent
Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning.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 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 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
1-2 Wochen je Loop60-180 minHalber Tag bis 2 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-100+15-2003-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning reportTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
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