Group Productivity: Affinity Diagrams
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I found some information on the net the other day regarding “Affinity Diagrams” (link pints to a book on Amazon that goes into explanations about Rapid Contextual Design and Affinity Diagrams). I did some further research and found this article that does a really good job of explaining it.
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Organizing Ideas Into Common Themes
Is it ever a bad thing to have too many ideas?
Probably not, but if you’ve ever experienced information overload or struggled to know where to begin with a wealth of data you’ve been given, you may have wondered how you can use all of these ideas effectively. When there’s lots of "stuff" coming at you, it is hard to sort through everything and organize the information in a way that makes sense and helps you make decisions.
Whether you’re brainstorming ideas, trying to solve a problem or analyzing a situation, when you are dealing with lots of information from a variety of sources, you can end up spending a huge amount of time trying to assimilate all the little bits and pieces. Rather than letting the disjointed information get the better of you, you can use an affinity diagram to help you organize it.
Typically I’m focused on personal productivity, but I think that this can be really pertinent information when it comes to group dynamics like family. Take a look at it and let me know how you can put this into practice!
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