Braindrawing
Braindrawing as the brainstorming technique
This technique can be used when a group of people prefer non-verbal methods of creativity. Braindrawing works by providing non-verbal...
The K-J method
Affinity Diagram
Method was developed as the the Affinity Diagram by Japanese anthropologist Jiro Kawakita in the 1960s and has become one of...
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...
The classic cluster brainstorming method
Bubble Method
This technique helps to reveal many different aspects of the topic.
Procedure Steps:
1. Write the topic or word in the in the center of...
Brainwriting
Brainwriting - freewriting technique
Types of Brainstorming
Author. This method was originally popularized in Germany in the 70s and developed by Arthur B. VanGundy.
Brainstorming is...
Rolestorming technique
Rolestorming technique: he essence and procedure steps
This method was developed by Griggs (1985) and described by VanGundy (1988).
Participants take on another identity and view problems...
Nominal group technique
Nominal group technique: fundamental principles, essential characteristics and procedure steps
This technique was originally developed by A. L. Delbecq and A. H. VandeVen (1971), and has...
Card story boards
Card story boards as the type of brainstorming
It is an “idea’ organizing” method using tree logic.
With card story boards, the facilitator can concentrate on...
Combined brainstorming
Combined brainstorming
1. Double brainstorming
After classical brainstorming session, participants make a break for 2-3 days and then repeat it again. During the break - the...
Rightbraining
Rightbraining as the brainstorming technique
It is used as a visual method of creating ideas. It also can be used also as a change from...
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...
Constrained brainwriting
Brainwriting pool technique with constraints
This method is a version of standard Brainwriting pool technique. Participants constrain ideas around pre-determined focus, rather than ranging freely. Process...