Which of the following may be used to document the outcomes of a workshop?

A mind map is a visual diagram used to organize information around a central subject. It is an effective tool for documenting the outcomes of a workshop because it can capture and structure ideas, discussion points, decisions, and their relationships in a non-linear, graphical manner. This visual representation helps stakeholders understand the connections between different elements discussed and provides a clear, consolidated summary of the workshop's results, making it an excellent documentation technique for collaborative sessions.

B. Brainwriting: This is a technique for silent and parallel idea generation during a workshop, not a method for documenting the final, consolidated outcomes.
C. Round-robin: This is a facilitation technique used during a workshop to elicit contributions from all participants sequentially, not a tool for documenting the overall results.
D. Stepwise refinement: This is a top-down design strategy used in software engineering to break down a system into detailed components; it is not a workshop documentation method.

1. de Oliveira

O. H. B.

de Oliveira

T. C.

& do Prado Leite

J. C. S. (2009). Using Mind Maps to Elicit and Model Crosscutting Requirements. In Proceedings of the 2009 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (pp. 599–600). Association for Computing Machinery. This paper explicitly discusses the use of mind maps as a tool to "support the elicitation and modeling of requirements

" demonstrating its role in capturing and structuring information from elicitation activities like workshops. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1529282.1529411)

2. Pohl

K. (2010). Requirements Engineering: Fundamentals

Principles

and Techniques. Springer Publishing. In Chapter 6

Section 6.3.2 "Creativity Techniques

" mind mapping is described as a technique for structuring thoughts and ideas

which is central to documenting workshop outputs. In contrast

techniques like brainwriting are categorized purely for idea generation.

3. University of Calgary

Schulich School of Engineering. (n.d.). SENG 471: Software Requirements Engineering

Lecture 6 - Elicitation. Courseware. Slide 21

"Brainstorming

" presents mind mapping as a method to organize ideas generated during brainstorming sessions

which are a core component of many workshops. It distinguishes this from idea generation techniques themselves.