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Following a guided brainstorming session participants emerge with ideas ranked for further brainstorming, research and questions remaining unanswered and a prioritized, assigned, actionable list that leaves everyone with a clear understanding of what needs to happen next and the ability to visualize the combined future focus and greater goals ...
6-3-5 Brainwriting (or 635 Method, Method 635) is a group-structured brainstorming technique [1] aimed at aiding innovation processes by stimulating creativity developed by Bernd Rohrbach who originally published it in a German sales magazine, the Absatzwirtschaft, in 1968.
This metaphor of using an imaginary hat or cap as a symbol for a different thinking direction was first mentioned by De Bono as early as 1971 in his book "Lateral Thinking for Management" when describing a brainstorming framework. [2] These metaphors allow for a more complete and elaborate segregation of the thinking directions.
Osborn, Alex F. (1953). Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Problem Solving.New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. OCLC 641122686 [6]. Revised edition, New York, Scribner, 1957 OCLC 1381383
The principle is also used in business and other organizations for improving the effectiveness of the brainstorming process, fosters effective communication, and encourages the free sharing of ideas. [4] The "Yes, and ..." rule is complemented by the "No, but ..." technique, which serves to refine and challenge ideas in a constructive manner.
Some relevant techniques are brainstorming, the nominal group technique, the Delphi technique, idea/mind mapping, the affinity diagram, and multicriteria decision analysis. [8] These techniques are referenced in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. [9] Group creativity techniques can be used in a sequence; for example: [9]
Affinity diagrams are a special kind of brainstorming tool that organize large amount of disorganized data and information into groupings based on natural relationships. It was created in the 1960s by the Japanese anthropologist Jiro Kawakita. It is also known as KJ diagram, after Jiro Kawakita. An affinity diagram is used when:
Creative environment. In the design thinking process, the 'customer's needs are first determined through an iterative process and a question is defined, then creative solutions and ideas are generated through brainstorming and visualized via prototypes for user feedback.