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| Criterion |  Facilitation World Café |  Product Discovery Test Card |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-180 min | 20-35 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 12-100+ | 1-5 | 15-200 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Test Card with a pre-set threshold | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |