MethodKit for Team Development

Step 1

MethodKit is an analogue tool for meetings and workshops or even individual idea development. The cards are flexible frameworks where each card represents a different perspective Examples could be: goals, team, budget, roles & responsibilities.

There are no rules or right amount of players for the MethodKit decks.

Arrange the cards to define and structure your thoughts around them. Use them for discussing, planning and organizing. They are building-blocks that create visual overview of your project or team, to realize what needs to be prioritized and what is missing. They can be used for idea development, coaching sessions, client meetings, in workshops and to facilitate meetings.

Use the various techniques below individually or in combination together with your team.

Step 2

SORT

Sorting is a convenient way of making decisions or selecting ideas. Things fall into one of the two categories. Something that can be used to for example understand…

- The scope of the project
- Agenda of a meeting
- What’s important and not

Step 3

MAP

Use the cards as headlines for sorting your thoughts and ideas. Post a selection of cards on the wall and co-create lists under each card.

Step 4

PRIORITIZE

Place the cards on a table/wall. Decide which ones are important. If you are a group, let everyone pick one or more cards and add to the “What we need to talk about” section.

Step 5

CLUSTER

Use post-it notes to cluster your ideas around different cards on a table, wall or whiteboard. Discuss how they relate to each other, draw arrows or place them accordingly, in a mind-map fashion.

Step 6

ALIGN THE GROUP

Discuss the importance of different things. Place the cards you don’t agree on in-between the unimportant and important group.

Step 7

TIMELINE

Create a visual timeline on the wall representing a project or period of work for the team. Decide when to focus on what by arranging selected cards on the timeline.