Design It!

Activity 19

Whiteboard Jam

Collaboratively draw a series of diagrams that best capture the whole group’s ideas. We’ve all done this before. Gather some teammates around a whiteboard, put a marker in everyone’s hand, and start sketching. The activity described here adds a smidge of structure to something most architects do naturally. This additional structure helps the activity become more consistent and encourages better outcomes.

Benefits

• Help opinionated teams get their ideas out in the open.

• Quickly move through design alternatives by forgoing formality and immediately improving ideas based on feedback.

• Create a shared cultural experience upon which further design insights can be created.

• Include many participants in the discussion.

• Facilitate ...