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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Rich Picture |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early. | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 15-200 | 4-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Rich Picture, Problem Framing Notes | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders |