There are many ways to elicit requirements from the business stakeholders. One of them is brainstorming.
Brainstorming works well when a problem has been identified but the detailed business requirements and functional solution has not yet been ironed out.
The following manifesto presents 10 guidelines for effective brainstorming:
http://www.changethis.com/35.04.Brainstorming
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