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Criterion
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 of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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 story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
10-20 min15-30 min30-60 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
4-100+3-123-710-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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