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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
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 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.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-124-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting