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| Criterion |  Facilitation Timeline |  Facilitation World Café |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Facilitation Barcamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. | 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 | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-180 min | 30-90 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 12-100+ | 3-12 | 15-200 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Timeline, Milestones, Insight Notes | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | TimelineFacilitationSequence | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | FacilitationLarge groupLearning |