HOW TO SOLVE BRAINSTORMING

TOPIC: BRAINSTORMING ~solved~

To run a group brainstorming session effectively, do the following:

• Find a comfortable meeting environment, and set it up ready for the session.
  
  
• Appoint one person to record the ideas that come from the session. These should be noted in a format than everyone can see and refer to. Depending on the approach you want to use, you may want to record ideas on flip charts, whiteboards, or computers with data projectors.
  
  
• If people aren’t already used to working together, consider using an appropriate warm-up exercise or ice-breaker.
  
  
• Define the problem you want solved clearly, and lay out any criteria to be met. Make it clear that that the objective of the meeting is to generate as many ideas as possible.
  
  
• Give people plenty of time on their own at the start of the session to generate as many ideas as possible.
  
  
• Ask people to give their ideas, making sure that you give everyone a fair opportunity to contribute.
  
  
• Encourage people to develop other people's ideas, or to use other ideas to create new ones.
  
  
• Encourage an enthusiastic, uncritical attitude among members of the group. Try to get everyone to contribute and develop ideas, including the quietest members of the group.
  
  
• Ensure that no one criticizes or evaluates ideas during the session. Criticism introduces an element of risk for group members when putting forward an idea. This stifles creativity and cripples the free running nature of a good brainstorming session.
  
  
• Let people have fun brainstorming. Encourage them to come up with as many ideas as possible, from solidly practical ones to wildly impractical ones. Welcome creativity!
  
  
• Ensure that no train of thought is followed for too long. Make sure that you generate a sufficient number of different ideas, as well as exploring individual ideas in detail.
  
  
• In a long session, take plenty of breaks so that people can continue to concentrate.

Courses related to Creative Problem Solving
Courses we took are interrelated, just like JAVA Programming. You may apply JAVA Programming in other subjects like Analysis & Design or even Human Computer Interaction.

In the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) lecture, each group presented their opinion on how CPS would have been applied in their courses.

Our group presented the relationship of CPS and Concept of Analysis & Design. Due to the development of a UML diagram, CPS is needed to solve problems effectively in a team, where brainstorming allows for more ideas to be generated.