Group Elicitation Method Group Elicitation Method is a set of structured brainstorming activities which consist of "brainwriting," ratification, reformulation, and prioritization. This method can be used with all design stake holders to identify issues and questions to be answered by the customers. It is also used with customers to get unbiased reports of needs, issues, questions or levels of product acceptance. Get Trained! Key benefits Efficient parallel process Equal voice for all participants Insures active consideration of all positions Employs cognitive skills of composition, analysis, reflection, and evaluation Lends itself to analytical analysis Personality neutral Not subject to negative group dynamics How it works Set the context and state the proposition Participants write positions Each participant reads and evaluates the "neighbor's" statements Each participant writes additional unique statements Pass papers to the left and repeat until all positions have been stated Cluster, classify, reformulate, discuss, and prioritize the statements To Our Approach Design Technologies Portland, OR Copyright © 2008 by Design Technologies