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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Facilitation Fishbowl Discussion |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | 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. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 2-6 | 8-80 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Discussion Insights, Observed Tensions, Follow-up Questions | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | FacilitationDialogueLarge group | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |