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url: https://www.ssw.com.au/people/seth-daily
- title: Piers Sinclair
url: https://www.ssw.com.au/people/piers-sinclair
related:
- use-the-brains-of-your-company
- brainstorming-idea-farming
- brainstorming-team-allocation
- do-you-know-how-to-use-tags-for-github-issues
created: 2024-04-02T13:42:55.753Z
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During a Brainstorming day, many great ideas are generated, discussed, and refined. But what happens to these ideas once the day is over? Without a dedicated individual to drive an idea forward, it risks being forgotten or losing momentum. This is where the Idea Champion comes in.
During a [Brainstorming Day](/use-the-brains-of-your-company), many great ideas are generated, discussed, and refined. But what happens to these ideas once the day is over? Without a dedicated individual to drive an idea forward, it risks being forgotten or losing momentum. This is where the Idea Champion comes in.

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## The Idea Champion's responsibilities

* **Take accountability** for the idea from the end of the brainstorming day until a Scrum Team has been assigned and development has started
* **Take accountability** for the idea until a Scrum Team has been assigned and development has started or the idea is parked
* **Discuss** the idea and answer people's questions
* **Communicate** the status of the idea in its [GitHub Discussion](/brainstorming-idea-farming)
* **Communicate** the status of the idea in the relevant [GitHub Discussion](/brainstorming-idea-farming)
* **Push the idea forwards** and get closure (approval/rejection)

### Where it begins
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The Idea Champion's role is over when either:

* There is a Scrum Team working on the project

or
* Approval isn't reached and the idea is parked (this is a perfectly acceptable outcome - it can always be revisited in a future [Brainstorming Day](/use-the-brains-of-your-company))

* Approval isn't reached and the idea is parked (this is a perfectly acceptable outcome - it can always be revisited in a future Brainstorming Day

::: greybox
Tip: Labels are a great way to keep the status of an idea up to date! See this rule: [https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/do-you-know-how-to-use-tags-for-github-issues](/do-you-know-how-to-use-tags-for-github-issues)
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::: good
![Figure: Good example - using labels to show how an idea is progressing](github-tags.jpg)
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