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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.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
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h30-60 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-84-122-84-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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