Activity 18Round-Robin Design

Quickly explore a range of ideas, and then combine them to start building consensus. In a round-robin design workshop, participants quickly generate, share, and critique sketches of the architecture to help them see a range of possibilities. By the end of the activity, participants will have seen at least two new ideas in addition to their own.

Participants go through three rounds. In round one, participants generate a sketch. In round two, participants review someone else’s sketch. In round three, participants attempt to fix the issues raised in a third person’s sketch.

Use this activity as a sanity check exercise (see Activity 36, Sanity Check) or to set the stage for a follow-on activity such as creating group ...

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