15-25 – TICON

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.

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.

Morphological Box

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

This technique works as a more structured version of brainstorming, as participants create a “morphological box”.

ABC Method

15-25, Amount of people, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

The ABC Method is good for connecting the old and new information and is a great way to help a group to get to know each other while having fun.

SWOT Analysis

15-25, Amount of people, Assessment & evaluation, Between half an hour and one hour, Between one and two hours, Collaborative team setting, Duration, Engineering areas, Group, Group or individual activity, Individual, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based, Self-work by students, Type of activity, Type of class, Up to 15 / By ticon_team

SWOT Analysis Technique enables participants/engineers to assess the internal and external factors effectively.

Mind Mapping Techniques

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

The Mind Mapping Method takes its name from the activity itself: participants are expected to write down components that belong to an idea or a theme, structure them in a map, and use it as a starting point to think creatively and come up with new and combined ideas.