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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
10-20 min30-60 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+4-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
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Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
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