Exercises
Discover 380+ facilitation exercises to energize your workshops, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful outcomes.
18F - Multivariate Testing
Multivariate testing helps you discover the most effective combination of page elements. Unlike A/B testing, which focuses on single-element variation...
Atlassian - Goals, Signals, and Measures
Define success using Goals, Signals, and Measures (GSM). Identify what you're trying to achieve, how you'll know you're making progress, and how you'l...
18F - Stakeholder And User Interviews
Stakeholder and user interviews are semi-structured conversations. Talk to people with direct knowledge of your project. Unlike surveys, interviews al...
Rough & Ready Prototyping
Rough prototyping is about learning fast. Build a quick, basic version of your idea to test it. Use simple materials like cardboard and tape. Focus on...
Experience Diagramming
Experience diagramming maps a person's journey through a task. It reveals smooth spots and pain points. This shows what happens and how it feels. Use ...
Remote-Concept Mapping
Concept mapping helps teams visually organize ideas around a central theme. It's a hierarchical structure that reveals connections and relationships b...
Atlassian - OKRs & Key Results
OKRs help teams set ambitious goals and track progress. Align your team and organization around measurable results that focus on what matters.
Affinity Clustering & Analysis
Affinity Clustering organizes raw data into themes. After research, you might feel swamped. This exercise transforms chaos into clarity. Teams group s...
18F - Content Audit
A Content Audit is a thorough inventory and analysis of all content users encounter on a website or within a product. This exercise catalogs pages, do...
IDEO - Interview Planning & Practice
Interviews are guided conversations. You'll learn about the hopes, desires, and aspirations of the people you're designing for. This exercise is part ...
Values Mapping
Teams often say they value "innovation" and "collaboration." But what do those words really mean? Values mapping makes the abstract concrete. Map out ...
5-Minute User Interview
Practice interviewing under pressure. Five minutes forces you to ask meaningful questions. Constraints reveal skill. You can't waste time on small tal...
18F - Design Hypothesis
Turn your work into a testable hypothesis. This focuses effort on achieving specific goals. It shifts thinking from just building to ensuring impact.
Product Roadmap Planning
A roadmap communicates direction, not promises. This exercise helps teams build realistic roadmaps that align stakeholders, technical constraints, and...
IDEO - Ways To Grow Framework
This chart helps you understand how new concepts might require your organization to grow. It's a simple way to visualize the challenges ahead.
18F - Interface Audit
An Interface Audit is a systematic review of a digital product's visual and interactive elements. This 180-minute exercise catalogs styles, colors, ic...
SDT-Business Model Canvas
The Business Model Canvas visually synthesizes a service's value proposition, infrastructure, customer types, and financial model. It helps teams unde...
Empathy Interviews
Empathy interviews uncover user needs through one-on-one conversations. Focus on stories, not opinions. Ask "why" to go deeper. Observe body language ...
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This workshop was incredibly effective for our remote team! We adapted it slightly for a virtual setting and it worked wonderfully. The key was breaking into smaller breakout rooms.
Great resource! One tip: prepare all materials the day before to avoid any last-minute rushes.
Used this for our quarterly planning session. The structured approach really helped us stay on track!