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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Facilitation Fishbowl Discussion |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | When a controversial topic needs depth and discipline at the same time, Fishbowl Discussion makes the structure of the conversation transparent. The format keeps the core small enough for real dialogue and open enough for controlled turnover. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 10-50 | 8-80 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Discussion Insights, Observed Tensions, Follow-up Questions | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | FacilitationDialogueLarge group | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |