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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Purposedifferent
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 many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min30-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-123-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Cluster, ShortlistAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette