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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min1-2 Tage20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+1-44-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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