Brainstorming

Brainstorming - A technique teams use to generate ideas on a particular subject. Each person on the team is asked to think creatively and write down as many ideas as possible. The ideas are not discussed or reviewed until after the brainstorming session.

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Source: American Society for Quality, 08 September 2010 09:13:36, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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Brainstorming - A method to generate ideas. Groundrules such as -no idea is a bad idea- are typical. Benefit of brainstorming is the power of the group in building ideas of each others ideas.

A problem solving approach/technique whereby working members in a group are conducting a deductive methodology for identifying possible causes of any problem, in order to surmount poor performance in any process or activity pursued by the group members and facilitator.

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Source: iSixSigma, 02 January 2011 10:00:54, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary

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Brainstorming - A method to get ideas from persons who are potential contributors. No criticism or discussion of ideas is allowed until all the ideas are recorded. The ideas are critically reviewed after the brainstorming session.

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Source: The Quality Portal, 02 April 2011 07:39:41, http://thequalityportal.com/glossary/b.htm