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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.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 min15-30 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
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FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
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Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping