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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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.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.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-45 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-84-103-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsIdea List, Cluster, ShortlistBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
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