1. Predisposition

2. External
Mapping

3. Internal
Mapping

4. Idea
Generation

5. Evaluation

Class A

BRAINSTORMING
CHECKLIST
CONTEXT MODIFYING
CREATIVITY CHALLENGE
CREATIVITY TEMPLATE
MIND MAPPING
MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
PROBLEM SOLVING WITH BROADENED FIELD
PROVOCATION AND MOVEMENT
SYNECTICS
TRIZ

Class B

ALTERNATIVE SEEKING
ATTRIBUTE LISTING
BRAIN SKETCHING
BRAINWRITING
CONCEPTS FAN
CRAWFORD SLIP WRITING
CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING (CPS)
DELIBERATE COMBINATION
DIALECTICAL APPROACH
DISCOVERY MATRIX
DO IT
FOCUSING
FORCED ASSOCIATION
HEURISTIC IDEATION TECHNIQUE (HIT)
IMPROVED NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE (INGT)
KEPNER & TREGOE'S METHOD
KJ-METHOD
LARC
LOTUS BLOSSOM TECHNIQUE
MEANS EVOCATION LISTS
METAPLAN METHOD
MORPHOLOGICAL FORCED CONNECTIONS
NEEDS EVOCATION LIST
NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE (NGT)
PHASE OF INTEGRATING PROBLEM SOLVING (PIPS)
PIN CARDS
PROGRESSIVE REVELATION
SENSITIZATION TECHNIQUE
SINAPSIS
STORY BOARDING
SCAMMPERR
SCAMPER
SUSPENSION OF THE JUDGMENT
VISUALIZATION
WAKING DREAM

Class C

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
ASK "WHY" FIVE TIMES
BRUTETHINK
BUD LISTING
CARD STORY BOARDS
CHERRY SPLIT
CIRCLE OF OPPORTUNITY
DEEP IDENTIFICATION
FALSE FACES
GORDON'S METHOD
HEURIDRAMMA
INSPIRING MUSE
METAMORPHOSIS
METAPHOR
MIMODRAMMA
PARAPHRASING KEY WORDS
PICTURES AS IDEA TRIGGERS
PROBLEM REVERSAL
QUESTION SUMMERY
RANDOM INPUT
RAWLINSON BRAINSTORMING
RELATIONAL WORDS
SLICE AND DICE
SLOWING DOWN OF THE MEETING'S DYNAMIC
STIMULATION BY OBJECTS
TILMAG
WORKING WITH DREAM AND IMAGES

Class D

ASSUMPTION SMASHING
BRAINWRITING GAME
BRAINWRITING 6-3-5
BROWSING
BUNCHES OF BANANAS
CHARRETTE
CLARIFICATION
COLLECTIVE NOTEBOOK (CNB)
COMPONENT DETAILING
CONSENSUS MAPPING
CONSTRAINED BRAINWRITING
CONTROLLING IMAGERY
DRAWING
EXAGGERATION
EXCURSIONS
FIVE W'S AND H
FOCUS GROUP
FORCE-FIT GAME
FREE ASSOCIATION
FRESH EYE AND NETWORKING
GALLERY METHOD
GREETINGS CARD
HELP, HUNDER
IMAGERY FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS
IMAGERY MANIPULATION
IMAGINARY BRAINSTORMING
IMITATION
KEEPING A DREAM DIARY
LADDERING
LISTING
NOMINAL-INTERACTING TECHNIQUES
OTHER PEOPLE'S DEFINITIONS
OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEWPOINTS
PANEL CONSENSUS
RANDOM STIMULY OF VARIOUS KINDS
RECEPTIVITY TO IDEAS
REFRAMING VALUES
ROLESTORMING
SCULPTURES
SEARCH CONFERENCE
SNOWBALL TECHNIQUE
STIMULUS ANALYSIS
SUPER HEROES
TRIGGER METHOD
TRIGGER SESSIONS
UNCONSCIOUS PROBLEM SOLVING
VALUE ENGINEERING
VISUAL BRAINSTORMING
VISUALISING A GOAL