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Criterion
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of a Learning Card with four fields for hypothesis, observation, insight, and action.
Product Discovery
Learning Card
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-180 min25-40 min1-5 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
12-100+1-5Nutzertraffic8-80
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsLearning Card with evidence and next actionClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionDiscussion Insights, Observed Tensions, Follow-up Questions
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
FacilitationDialogueLarge group
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