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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Starfish Retrospective | ![]() Facilitation World Café | ![]() Facilitation Barcamp |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-180 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 12-100+ | 15-200 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | FacilitationLarge groupLearning |
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