Affinity Mapping

Write every observation on its own card, then find the patterns. Structure emerges from the data.

Definition

A collaborative synthesis method where observations, ideas, or data points are written on individual cards and grouped by theme to find patterns that were not visible in the raw data.

Step 1

Predict first

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.