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Criterion
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage60-90 min15-45 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
50+4-102-84-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, DifferentiatorsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
QuantitativeResearchValidation
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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