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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
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UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-84-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
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FlowMeasurementConstraints
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique