- Read each of the findings and subcategories found
- Groups go around and all summarize the categories they worked on

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- Sort notes into top-level categories
- Sort each category into subcategories
- Summarize the categories (Present)
- Determine priorities

Steps to Organizing Sticky Notes

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"Affinity Diagramming for Collaboratively Sorting UX Findings and Design Ideas" (Kara Pernice)

- Take a sticky note from the wall and read it
- Look for a category that it would make sense in and put the note there
- If there is a note in the category that says the same thing, stack them on top of each other with the most descriptive note on top
- If the note you have does not match an existing category, think of a new category and announce it to team members
- If you cannot understand the note, put it in the "?" category to examine at the end

Sort Sticky Notes into Top-Level Categories

- Every team member chooses a category to work on
- Look for related themes within this category and form these themes into subcategories
- Try not to be idle during this step. If you finish with your category help someone else who is still working

Sort Sticky Notes into Subcategories

Summarize the Categories (Present)

Different methods for determining priorities are used depending on if the meeting is to analyze findings or organize new ideas.

- Usability testing
- Design Ideation

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