
Round Robin
What: A collaborative brainstorming technique designed to encourage equal participation and idea generation among team members. The tool is a structured approach to brainstorming that ensures that each participant has an opportunity to contribute ideas in a systematic and equitable manner.
Why: It ensures that everyone in your team gets an equal chance to present their ideas and encourages the team to collaborate by continuously building on top of each other’s ideas to create new ones. Also, when brainstorming in groups there is always a risk that the most assertive and vocal team members end up setting the direction for the brainstorm. This tool allows participants to generate ideas with little influencing by other team members.
When: The Round-Robin Brainstorming method is good to use early in the project design phase, when you have scoped your area of work and have a clear project goal. The tool helps generate new ideas that you can take into the next stages of the problem-solving in the design and planning process.