CS401

CS401 | sw engineering

Brainstorming Ideas - a human process (no one way to do)

1.State session objectives

Each session should have a precise objective--clear to all and narrow enough to accomplish in the session. Avoid digression from the objective.

2. Use a round-robin technique

Go around the group from individual to individual.
Individuals may "pass" if they have nothing to contribute.
Stop when no one has anything to contribute.

3. Discuss and select

Restate the objective, then identify those items that everyone agrees are "winners" Then select those items that everyone agrees are "losers" Then discuss the items remaining--the "maybes". Set a fixed time limit on discussion. Then, for each item, either decide its status or postpone explicitly until more information is available.