Development and application of PDA-based data collection system for an idea generation support groupware

We have developed data collection software, called “GMemo” (GUNGEN Memo), running on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). GMemo is a piece of input equipment for GUNGEN. GUNGEN is a groupware for a new idea generation support system. Users can collect data for the KJ method using GMemo easily with no omission, and input ideas in free handwriting. We applied the data stored in GMemo to GUNGEN. The result of the application of GMemo shows that (1) most ideas were generated by users and collected from noon to evening at University or home, (2) when handwritten characters were used as ideas for GUNGEN, the reduced handwritten characters seemed to be legible, (3) The drawing area in GMemo is so small that we should equip GMemo with a scroll function