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Criterion
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Purposedifferent
When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
IdeationInnovationCreativity
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette