Dina has found some more Creativity links :) (well link)
An example of a checklist:
The Five Senses
1. Touch. Feeling, texture, pressure, temperature, vibration.
2. Taste. Flavor, sweet/salt/bitter.
3. Smell. Aroma, odor.
4. Sound. Hearing, speech, noise, music.
5. Sight. Vision, brightness, color, movement, symbol.
And the point:
Customized checklists should be developed for individual problems or ideas when several factors must be considered. Listing each condition to be met or part to be covered will assure that none are overlooked. The mind can attend to only about seven items at one time; more than that will have to be recalled from memory, either by force of will or through a checklist. Checklists help enormously in keeping the idea maker or problem solver alert to multiple aspects of the issue at hand.
Sounds like using brainstorming to identify attributes that you need to consider, then using the created list to generate thoughts about the overal idea...
i like this. I think my manager tends to use similar techniques to help. Its almost like developing a process in abstract.
Posted by Paul Goodison at August 27, 2003 09:56 PM | TrackBack