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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Timeline | ![]() Facilitation Barcamp | ![]() Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a project, incident, or change process is only remembered in fragments, Timeline brings the sequence back into a readable form. It makes turning points, precursors, and after-effects recognizable over the course of time. | 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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 15-200 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |
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