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Criterion
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Purposedifferent
When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam