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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Solo Brainstorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Solo Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.For an individual thinking problem with no counterpart immediately available, the method creates a protected space for one's own approaches. It prevents outside opinions from narrowing thinking too early. This lets ideas mature before they go into a group format.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-81
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationalePersonal Idea List, Sketches or Mind Map, Pre-Read for Group Session
Tagsno overlap
SensemakingDecisionRationale
BrainstormingIdeationAsync
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