Exercises

Discover 380+ facilitation exercises to energize your workshops, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful outcomes.

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Ecosystem Map

3 hours

Ecosystem mapping visualizes the context of a service or product. It reveals actors, relationships, and influences impacting the user experience beyon...

Setting the Scene

10 mins

Quickly gather context to understand current challenges. This exercise establishes a shared understanding of problems and constraints before solutioni...

RACI Matrix Development

2 hours 1

Use a RACI matrix to clarify roles and responsibilities. It identifies who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed for key activities or ...

Manifesto Refinement

1.3 hours

You have a draft manifesto. Now, make it powerful. Manifesto Refinement transforms initial statements into memorable, actionable, and distinctive prin...

Service Safari

3 hours

Service Safaris are field research. Teams experience real-world services as customers. They document the journey, touchpoints, and service quality. Th...

UI Pattern Library Inventory

2 hours

Before building a design system, catalog every UI pattern in your product. A pattern inventory highlights inconsistencies and redundancies. It also re...

S.c.a.m.p.e.r.

1 hour 1

SCAMPER is a structured creative thinking technique. It uses seven prompts to modify existing ideas and generate new solutions. Each letter offers a d...

Job Statement Framing

1.3 hours 1

Job Statement Framing ensures precise language in Jobs To Be Done. This 75-minute exercise crafts clear job statements. These capture customer intent,...

Impromptu Networking

20 mins

Start with paired conversations to quickly share challenges and expectations. This exercise builds connections and surfaces diverse viewpoints right f...

Benchmark Creation Protocol

3 hours

Benchmarking shows your current state, letting you track progress. This exercise sets initial metrics for usability, satisfaction, or other UX aspects...

Stakeholder Map

2 hours 2

A stakeholder map visually represents people who influence your service or project. It reveals relationships, power, and communication needs across ev...

Dynamic Personas

2.5 hours

Evolve your personas to anticipate user behavior. Identify key design interventions that guide users toward desired future states. This exercise helps...

Recruiting Screener

30 mins 1

Use a screener to find the right research participants. It's a questionnaire or interview that helps you select people based on your study's needs.

RICE

1 hour

The RICE scoring model helps teams prioritize initiatives based on Reach, Impact, Confidence, and Effort. It delivers a calculated priority score for ...

Touchpoint Matrix

1.5 hours

Map every service interaction across channels and journey stages to get a bird's eye view of your service ecosystem. Use a matrix to spot gaps, overla...

System Scenario

3 hours

This exercise expands scenario development to consider system-wide changes. Explore how services function within larger social, economic, and environm...

Service Image

1 hour

A service image visually represents the entire service experience. It communicates the core essence and character to both stakeholders and users. This...

Skills Gap Analysis

3 hours

Don't let hidden skill gaps derail projects. Skills gap analysis compares necessary skills with your team's current abilities. This reveals where you ...