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brainstorming comparison table

Subject	use	done with	have procedure	have purpose	has definition	have advantages	relate to	is a kind of	resolve
requirements gathering					A step in requirements analysis in which information is obtained that will form the basis of the requirements			process
brainstorming	a moderator (or facilitator) to lead the session	five to 20 people	Call a meeting with representation from all stakeholders Appoint an experienced moderator Arrange the attendees around the periphery of a table and give them plenty of paper to work with Decide on a trigger question Ask each participant to follow these instructions: Think of an answer to the trigger question Write the answer down in one or two lines on a sheet of paper, one idea per sheet Pass the paper to the neighbour on your left to stimulate their thoughts Look at the answers passed from your neighbour to the right and pass these on to your left as well. Use the ideas you have read to stimulate your own ideas Continue step 5 until ideas stop flowing or a fixed time (5-15 minutes) passes Ask everybody to read out one of the ideas on the sheets that happens to be in front of them. The moderator writes the each idea on a flip chart Take a series of votes to prioritize the ideas	to gather information from a group of people	The process of obtaining ideas, opinions, and answers to a question in a group environment in which all members of the group are given the opportunity to contribute	in a group session people are energized and tend to spontaneously invent many good ideas, stimulated by what others have said introverted or timid people can have their say effectively since anonymity can be assured	Joint Application Development	requirements gathering	conflicts over requirements

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