So what is an affinity map? An affinity map is an artifact of a process of clustering ideas together by a certain principle. You could be clustering ideas, results from your user, test data, anything and everything! We bring in affinity diagramming often when we try to make sense of data. Affinity mapping is a great way of figuring out groupings within data that is qualitative not quantitative.
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‍How to build an affinity map‍

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‍How to build an affinity map‍

Begin by brainstorming your ideas. You can capture your ideas on the yellow sticky notes. Writing one idea per note, think of ideas related to this challenge. Next, you’ll want to assign one person to be the starter. The starter will then choose a sticky note that they are particularly passionate about and see if others have sticky notes that support or relate to the topic. Any notes that have some commonalities or themes should be placed closer together on the board. At this point, everyone will begin to cluster and categorize the sticky notes or ideas. Move any additional sticky notes to the chosen topic or idea. If a cluster appears or starts to form, the facilitator might add a red sticky note to identify the category. Place red category sticky notes above their respective cluster to easily identify them. These categories will help to expose groups of related thinking.

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