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Affinity diagrams

Introductory articles

• Affinity diagram
  An overview of the uses of affinity diagrams and the steps in the process of creating one.

Discussion articles

• Scatter diagram
  Provides an example of information generated through brainstorming and then categorised after using the affinity diagramming technique.

• The KJ technique: a group process for establishing priorities
  In design, our resources are limited. Priorities become a necessity. We need to ensure we are working on the most important parts of the problem. How do we assess what is most important? The trick is to get all the people with the right perspectives to reach consensus quickly. For this, we’ve turned to a group consensus technique we’ve been using for years, called a KJ-Method (also sometimes referred to as an 'affinity diagram').

• What is affinity diagramming?
  An overview of when and how to use affinity diagramming.