Structured Brainstorming

Structured Brainstorming is a technique used by management consultants to draw ideas from key constituencies in an organization, and then categorize them specific to opportunity areas, or to discrete functional areas of the business. This Rapid Solution expedites the process of capturing and organizing ideas. Groove Virtual Office allows you to provide a virtual meeting room where you can engage constituents from multiple locations, as well as those constituencies in your supplier, partner, and customer base.

Important Features and Tips

• Use Brainstorm to capture Framing Questions and related Ideas. The process works as follows:
  
  
  • First, create a Framing Question record use the Framing Question form. A Framing Question is intended to stimulate ideas and feedback amongst core constituencies. As needed, note associated boundary conditions that you want to place around ideas submitted by the team. To create a new Framing Question, select Add Record - 1. Framing Question.
    
    
  • Once a Framing Question record is saved, you and others can respond to it using the Ideas form. To add an Idea record related to a Framing Question, select the question in the Framing Question view and click the Idea button. The Idea form opens with the selected Framing Question automatically referenced. Additionally, the Idea form includes a "Categorization" drop-down list, used for selecting or adding category names under which to sort the Idea records. For example, you might use categorize ideas by priority, organization, or market. Click the plus (+) button to add a new category keyword item. Note, however, that it\′s usually best to wait until all ideas have been submitted, and then lead the team through a categorization exercise.
    
    To view all Ideas, change the view to the Ideas view.
    
    
• Use Supporting Doc to store and share any documentation or supporting materials for ideas submitted during the brainstorming process. Users can create links to any document in the Ideas form: Right-click a document and select Copy as Link, then right-click in the Supporting Materials field and select Paste.
  
  
• Use Discussion to provide context around ideas. The tool may also be used to stimulate conversation about specific ideas or framing questions.

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