Paper Info
Title
Brainstorm, Chainstorm, Cheatstorm, Tweetstorm: new ideation strategies for distributed HCI design
Abstract
In this paper we describe the results of a design-driven study of collaborative ideation. Based on preliminary findings that identified a novel digital ideation paradigm we refer to as chainstorming, or online communication brainstorming, two exploratory studies were performed. First, we developed and tested a distributed method of ideation we call cheatstorming, in which previously generated brainstorm ideas are delivered to targeted local contexts in response to a prompt. We then performed a more rigorous case study to examine the cheatstorming method and consider its possible implementation in the context of a distributed online ideation tool. Based on observations from these studies, we conclude with the somewhat provocative suggestion that ideation need not require the generation of new ideas. Rather, we present a model of ideation suggesting that its value has less to do with the generation of novel ideas than the cultural influence exerted by unconventional ideas on the ideating team. Thus brainstorming is more than the pooling of "invented" ideas, it involves the sharing and interpretation of concepts in unintended and (ideally) unanticipated ways.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2470654.2466177
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
brainstorm idea,rigorous case study,novel idea,collaborative ideation,new ideation strategy,online communication brainstorming,hci design,cheatstorming method,novel digital ideation paradigm,exploratory study,online ideation tool,design-driven study,brainstorming,ideation
Brainstorming,Ideation,Computer science,Pooling,Human–computer interaction
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.71
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Haakon Faste11109.01
Nir Rachmel2110.71
Russell Essary3110.71
Evan Sheehan4110.71