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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen10-20 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-86-30 Experten4-100+4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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