The Buzz session
Buzz session as type of brainstorming
This method was developed by J.D. Phillips (1948).
A small group drawn from a larger group that discuss a specific...
Air cliché
Basic Types of Brainstorming: Air cliché techniques
Author: Arthur Van Gundy
This technique is the combination of a fun atmosphere, a structured brainstorming procedure, and brainwriting....
Group brainwriting technique
Group brainwriting with sharing ideas
In this version new ideas are shared for additional stimulation. It is deal for groups that prefer to discuss through writing.
Procedure...
Battelle-Buildmappen-Brainwriting
Battelle-Buildmappen-Brainwriting (BBB) technique
The Battelle-Buildmappen-Brainwriting (BBB) method was developed by researchers at the Battelle Institute in Frankfurt, Germany (J. N Warfield, H. Geschka and...
Brainwriting pool (BP)
Brainwriting pool
This variation of brainstorming was developed by the Battlle Institute of Frankfurt, Germany. The brainwriting pool is an idea-generating tool in which new...
Blue slips technique
Blue slips technique as the type of group brainstorming
Method was developed by C. C. Crawford of the University of Southern California (USA) in the 1920s.
It...
Question brainstorming
Question brainstorming:
characteristics and steps
This process involves brainstorming the questions related to the problem, rather than trying to come up with immediate answers and short-term...
Visual brainstorming
Visual brainstorming: procedure steps and variations
Visual brainstorming technique is a graphic ideation, when group members sketch solutions to a problem. The sketches are used...
Gordon-Little variation
Progressive Revelation technique
Types of BrainstormingThis technique was suggested by William Gordon while he was working for the Arthur D. Little Invention Design Unit in...
Stop-and-go Brainstorming
Stop-and-go Brainstorming technique
Types of BrainstormingThe brainstorming session is divided up into segments.
Ideas are generated for three to five minutes and then the group is...
Kaleidoscope Brainstorming Technique
Kaleidoscope Brainstorming Technique or Silent brainstorming
Multiple Mind Conferencing (MMC) (Dr. Murthy)
This is a new approach to the brainstorming process, including different variations as to...
Brainstorming Basics: Unleash Your Creative Potential
Brainstorming and its Basic Types
Classical Brainstorming
Brainstorming is one of the most widely used and extremely effective methods for divergent idea generation. This technique was...