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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 illustration for Open Space Technology.
Facilitation
Open Space Technology
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
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 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 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
MediumMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 Wochen je Loop60-180 min0.5-2 TageHalber Tag bis 2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-100+20-500+15-200
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning reportTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsSession Marketplace, Proceedings, Action TopicsSession Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
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