Brainstorming can be a simultaneously fun and effective technique for identifying software features or requirements. We’ve written previously about how to facilitate a brainstorming session and how to leverage the results. Timothy Johnson shares another way to use the results effectively. His way is more fun, and maybe just as effective.
Product Management / Requirements / Requirements gathering
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Brainstorming Stirs the Pot
The Wall Street Journal apparently wrote a critique of brainstorming that questions its value. Bob Sutton (professor, author, etc) responds with an entertaining read. Prof. Sutton critiques the data analysis, the experiment execution, and the people involved. Seems the WSJ messed up on everything except the topic.
Communication / Consulting / Lists / Presentation / Process Improvement / Requirements / Requirements gathering / Software requirements specification
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Brainstorming – Making Something Out of Everything
Previously, we talked about brainstorming as one of the best elicitation techniques for gathering requirements. Here are some details about how to facilitate a general brainstorming session with a group of people in 5 easy steps (and then another 5 easy steps). Seven to ten people is a good number […]
Communication / Consulting / Lists / Requirements / Requirements gathering / Software development / Software requirements specification
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Top Five Requirements Gathering Tips
Interviewing, Brainstorming, Documenting Use Cases, Prototyping, and Analyzing Documents are our top-five tips. Read more for details
Requirements / Slightly off-topic / UX
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Concept Maps – Great Tool for Eating the Elephant (Brainstorming Ideas for a New Product)
Concept mapping is a tool I use for the brainstorming process of defining a product’s specification. IHMC developed the concept mapping software that we show in this article