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Organize ideas with an affinity diagram online

Bring focus to brainstorming sessions and structure your findings with an affinity diagram tool. Group ideas more cohesively and build better products.
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Quickly visualize ideas with an affinity diagram

Help teams make sense of complex or diverse ideas by creating an affinity diagram. Get a head start with Miro’s ready-made template and facilitate your session with ease.
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Why Miro is the best affinity diagram tool

Explore possibilities

Unleash your ideas without constraints with Miro’s infinite canvas. Add sticky notes, images, drawings, and any other artifact that helps you to create your affinity diagram according to your project needs.

Brainstorms that work

Miro's affinity diagram tool lets you organize every thought and idea with just a few clicks. Bring more coherence to your sessions and make sure everyone leaves the room feeling productive.

The single source of truth

Use an affinity diagram to develop innovative solutions. Create a central hub for your team, making it easy for everyone to track progress and refer to the diagram whenever needed.

Built for collaboration

Collaborate in real-time or async, no matter your team setup. Get instant feedback, tag colleagues in comments, and co-create your affinity diagram online.

Integrated with your favorite tools

Ideas, inspiration, and intel in full view. Visualize marketing campaigns and client and prospect info to take action, and track tasks and status updates for the team.
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How to make an affinity diagram online

1. Select the ready-made template

Go to the left toolbar and select the Affinity Diagram Template.

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Affinity diagram tool FAQs

How do you make a good affinity diagram online?

To create a good online affinity diagram, clearly define the purpose or objective together with your team. Then, brainstorm ideas, issues, or insights related to the topic and add sticky notes to the board. Once you've generated ideas, start organizing them into groups or categories based on themes, patterns, or relationships. After that, start discussions to analyze the groupings, ensuring everyone contributes with their perspectives. Finally, label each group with a descriptive header that captures the essence of the related ideas, and arrange the groups to visually communicate their relationships or hierarchy.

How can I organize ideas in a group in Miro?

In Miro, it’s easy to organize and cluster your ideas. Use the Cluster by feature to group sticky notes by common themes, tags, sentiment, color, and author. Or, use our ready-made Affinity Diagram Template to help you structure ideas on the board.

How do you use an affinity diagram in UX?

In User Experience (UX) design, affinity diagrams are invaluable tools for organizing and understanding large amounts of qualitative data. Start by gathering data from various sources like user interviews, surveys, or usability tests, and write each piece of data or observation on a separate sticky note. Then, sort these stickies into groups based on similarities or patterns, creating a header for each group that summarizes its main theme. This process uncovers trends, insights, key user needs, and pain points from the data, which can then guide and inform your UX design decisions. Keep in mind the affinity diagram is a flexible tool that can be adjusted as your understanding of the data evolves.

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