Overview
This is a way of choosing a theme to work on once themes have emerged through affinity mapping. It enables participants to self-select a theme and create teams in under a minute.
The tool
Basically, all that happens is people allocate themselves to the theme they want to work on.
In a face-to-face environment, this may be visually engaging as people move to locations within a room where the name of the theme has been allocated.
It’s a bit of a free for all, and may result in too many people working on one thing and not enough on another (although that will tell you something about the priorities that have been identified!).
When to use it
- After themes have been identified by affinity mapping.