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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Facilitation Barcamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 30-90 min | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 3-20 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 15-200 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Lean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checks | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | FacilitationLarge groupLearning |