CAPM Business Analysis Frameworks Practice Question
A business analyst is facilitating a requirements workshop. Which technique is best for generating creative ideas?
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Why each option matters
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Brainstorming
Brainstorming is a group creativity technique designed to generate a large number of ideas, making it the best choice for creative thinking in a workshop setting.
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Interview
Why it's wrong here
Interviews elicit detailed information from individuals one at a time, so group synergy and cross-stimulation that spark creativity are absent. Interviews would be the right choice when deep, confidential or individual perspective is needed rather than collective idea generation.
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Survey
Why it's wrong here
Surveys collect structured responses from many respondents, producing quantitative data rather than novel ideas, and offer no interactive stimulus during a workshop. Surveys would be the right technique when the goal is to gather broad input or validate opinions across a large, distributed population.
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Document analysis
Why it's wrong here
Document analysis extracts existing requirements from artefacts such as policies and reports; it mines what already exists rather than creating new ideas. It would be correct when the requirement is to understand current-state processes or legacy system behaviour before elicitation begins.
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Brainstorming
Why this is correct
Brainstorming is a group creativity technique that encourages participants to generate a large volume of ideas without immediate judgement or criticism. It satisfies the workshop's constraint of generating creative ideas by deferring evaluation, allowing diverse contributions before the group filters and prioritises them.
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