| Semi-structures for semi-structured brainstorming The structures on this page are examples of how to lay out boxes for semi-structured brainstorming. To fit them to your use, put in one or two questions that are specific to your purposes. |
Semi-Structured Brainstorming |
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Starter structure |
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| What are we trying to do?
(You don't have to know at the start. You just have to know at the finish.) |
How will we do it?
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What resources do we have?
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What will we do with the result? |
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Idea structure |
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| What changes do we want to see?
How will we know when we are done?
Are we fixing the cause, not just a symptom?
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What resources do we have? Do we know how to take the problem apart?
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What do we need to get what we want? More information?
Help from somebody else?
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Goal: Find a lot of possible solutions
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Choosing structure |
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Option 1
For
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Option 2 For
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Option 3 For
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Choose Why is this promising |
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Against | Against | Why is this worth the cost? |
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Planning structure |
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| What are we trying to do?
Did that change now that we have chosen a solution? |
What are the main steps we need? List now. Order later. Skip the details for now.
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What sequence will work best? Sticky notes are easy to rearrange..
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Goal: Make a plan we believe in. The plan starts where we are now. The plan takes us to where we want to go. We understand how the result of each step fits the plan. |
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Trouble-shooting structure |
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What is the most urgent trouble we have to shoot?
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What trouble is the biggest threat to our plan?
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What resources do we have? |
What is our next step? Choose a trouble to shoot? Rework our plan? Rethink our objectives?
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The Thinkerer
10/24/2008 Copyright (c) D. F. Dansereau & S. H. Evans |
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