An exercise in which people plot items according to personal significance
What’s on Your Radar is a participatory research method where you outline and prioritize ideas based on their relevance to a score topic. This exercise helps teams understand and prioritize tasks to improve decision-making.
Use this template to organize items and ideas within a given scope based on how important or relevant they are to the objective. The diagram is a useful way to brainstorm, prioritize, and rank items, whether you are dealing with concrete items or abstract concepts.
The What’s on Your Radar template helps with:
- Uncovering what individuals are thinking
- Understanding what users prioritize
- Identifying and challenging assumptions
- Clarifying next steps and action items
How to use the What’s on Your Radar template
1. Identify the core topic
Identify the primary topic for consideration and add to the textbox above the radar.
2. Label the sections in the radar
We recommend using the labels: primary, secondary, and tertiary. However, based on your organization or team’s scoring system, different labels may be more familiar or appropriate.
3. Outline the most important subtopics or label these sections to suit the activity
Tailor the topics around the radar to your situation. These topics may be subsections of the core topic, or just be additive labels for the workshop. For instance, some teams label them with specific workstreams or team member names when prioritizing tasks for a project.
4. Add sticky notes to the radar
Invite participants to document their personal considerations and plot them on the radar.
5. Rank items by importance and organize them by subtopic
Not all sticky notes will have the same priority, so be sure to place them in the radar area so their location appropriately reflects their priority.
6. Ask each participant to describe their rankings and discuss as a team
Listen carefully to each participant’s point of view and make note of what insights really get to the core of the main topic.
Tips for running a What’s on Your Radar exercise:
- Adding sticky notes to the radar area should only take about 15 minutes.
- Be sure to write in some segment labels so participants understand and agree upon the priority of each section.
- Listen closely when people describe what they did. If you’re working with users, this stream-of-thought explanation is highly valuable.
- Tailor the subtopics to your situation. Some teams label them with specific workstreams or team member names when prioritizing tasks for a project.
Mural has the features to help you do your best work
Sticky notes & text
Add ideas, action items, and more as a sticky note or text box — then change the colors and cluster to identify patterns and new solutions.
Timer
Keep collaboration moving forward with a timer to structure and time-box activities.
Summon collaborators
Easily direct everyone’s attention to a specific part of the mural — no screen sharing required.
Anonymous voting
Gain consensus and reach alignment quickly, either in real time or asynchronously.
Commenting
Add comments and tag collaborators for smooth asynchronous communication.
Infinite & resizable canvas options
Choose the right canvas for your collaboration goals — flexibility without limits.
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