Brainstorming

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Brainstorming

• CSSE 371 Software Requirements and Specification
  Mark Ardis, Rose-Hulman InstituteSeptember 16,
  2004

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Benefits of Requirements Workshop

• All stakeholders get their say
• May expose political issues
• Helps form effective team

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Facilitator

• Establish proper tone
• Introduce goals and agenda
• Keep team on track
• Facilitate decision making
• Make sure all voices are heard

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Agenda

• Introduction .5 hr
• Context 1.5 hr
• Brainstorming 2 hr
• Lunch 1 hr
• Brainstorming 1 hr
• Feature definition 1 hr
• Idea reduction 1 hr
• Wrap-up 1 hr

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BrainstormingBenefits

• Encourages participation by all
• Allows participants to build on one another's
  ideas
• High bandwidth many ideas in short period of
  time
• Encourages out-of-the-box thinking

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Method

• Write down ideas on stickies
• Read ideas out loud
• No criticizing!

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Idea Reduction

• Group ideas
• Vote
• Pick best ideas