(5.2.3.1) Flow of KJ method

Fig: One round procedure of the KJ method

• Materials
• One round of KJ method
  • Label making
  • Group organization
    • Label spreading
    • Label gathering
    • Nameplate making
  • Illustration(A)
    • Spatial arrangement
    • Illustration
  • Documentation(B)
  • Oral Presentation(B’)

The KJ method process is repetition. The first round consists of the following four steps.

• ❶Label making
• ❷Group organization
• ❸Illustration(A)
• ❹Documentation(B)

“Label making” is the task of making pieces of paper with short sentences. We learned “to write all out” method. If you use pieces of paper for the ”to write all out” method, it is also “label making.”

• (5.2.3.1-1) Exploration before starting the KJ method

• (5.2.3.1-2) Group organization

• (5.2.3.1-3) Illustration and documentation

• (5.2.3.1-4) Effect of changing format

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