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Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.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.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage1-2 h10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
50+4-124-100+
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
QuantitativeResearchValidation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model