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Criterion
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Purposedifferent
With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufend15-45 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
11-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting