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Polling

25+, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Group, Half an hour or less, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based / By ticon_team

Polling is a method by which a group of participants can make a collective decision, express an opinion or give feedback, usually following discussions or presentations.

Dotmocracy

25+, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Group, Half an hour or less, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based / By ticon_team

With this technique, the ideas within a group are evaluated in a democratic way. It is the spontaneous evaluation of ideas. Preferred ideas are marked by sticky dots. The evaluation based on several criteria can give a first assessment of an idea.

6 Thinking Hats

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Six Thinking Hats, a teaching model promoting critical and creative thinking, is used for exploring different perspectives towards a complex situation or challenge.

Lean StartUp

Amount of people, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, More than 2 hours, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Lean startup is, in essence, a methodology to develop businesses and products that consists of applying the scientific method to a business model.

Storytelling

15-25, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between half an hour and one hour, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Theory-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Storytelling is all about engaging an audience by applying narrative techniques, it involves bidirectional communication between a storyteller and the listeners aiming to reach them emotionally.

Lotus Blossom

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Between half an hour and one hour, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Theory-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The Lotus Blossom Technique is a structured brainstorming exercise used to expand on a central idea or problem.

Delphi Technique

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Assessment & evaluation, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, More than 2 hours, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Type of activity, Type of class / By ticon_team

It is one of the most widely used techniques for prospective analysis by using expert assessment

Storyboard

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Between half an hour and one hour, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, Individual, More than 2 hours, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Storyboarding is a technique that visually depicts a user’s interaction with your product.

World / Knowledge Café

15-25, 25+, Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, More than 2 hours, Type of activity, Type of class, Undetermined, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

Also known as “World Café” or “Knowledge Café” is a structured conversational process to share knowledge between smaller groups of people that are discussing a topic.

Scamper

Amount of people, Analysis & problem definition, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

SCAMPER is considered one of the easiest, most direct brainstorming methods. The simple technique is based on the idea that what’s new is actually based on something that already exists.