25+ – TICON

Trivia Quiz

25+, Analysis & problem definition, Assessment & evaluation, Collaborative team setting, Design & Prototyping, Group, Half an hour or less, Ideation & Conceptual design, On-line Classroom activity, Practice-based / By ticon_team

A Trivia Quiz can work as a fun ice breaker or “mind freer” as well as an engaging assessment tool of the students learning progress.

Feedback Session

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

The participants of a creative session provide feedback regarding a workshop.

Idea Purchase

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

Participants rate the ideas and decide which ones they are willing to spend the money on. Also known as the $100 test.

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.

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.