25 July 2014

Performance Management: Brainstorming (Definitions)

"A group of people working together to generate ideas." (Timothy J  Kloppenborg et al, "Project Leadership", 2003)

"A creative technique used to come up with ideas or concepts. In Product Management, brainstorming can be used for product ideation or general problem solving." (Steven Haines, "The Product Manager's Desk Reference", 2008)

"A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks, ideas, or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts." (For Dummies, "PMP Certification All-in-One For Dummies" 2nd Ed., 2013)

"A group technique for discovering creative solutions to a problem." (Rod Stephens, "Beginning Software Engineering", 2015)

"A problem-solving meeting with specific rules intended to generate a wide range of ideas." (Pamela Schure & Brian Lawley, "Product Management For Dummies", 2017)

"A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks, ideas, or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject-matter experts." (Cynthia Stackpole, "PMP® Certification All-in-One For Dummies", 2011)

"An idea generation process in which individuals or groups are instructed to generate ideas without criticizing or censoring themselves or one another." (Rachel Heinen et al, "Tools for the Process: Technology to Support Creativity and Innovation", 2015)

"A technique that helps a team to generate ideas" (ITIL)

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