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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.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 min15-45 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+1-103-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
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FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming