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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for Peer Instruction.
Knowledge Modeling
Peer Instruction
Paper Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Purposedifferent
Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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.Peer Instruction uses group thinking to clarify difficult terms or concepts faster. The method combines individual reflection with social correction and shared precision.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
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down60-180 min10-20 min je Frage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch12-100+6-503-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsConcept Questions, Vote Results, Learning NotesPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
LearningDialogueFacilitation
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
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