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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 of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
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 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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.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
MediumHighLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen15-30 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-86-30 Experten3-124-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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