Before the Start of a New Project, All 20 Team

Multiple Choice

Before the start of a new project, all 20 team members submitted different proposals. Rather than debating and dissecting each proposal one at a time, the meeting broke up into separate factions, each discussing a separate idea. Thus, the meeting was reduced to a cacophony of unrestrained and unfocused discussion. What was the problem in this meeting?

A) Excess of interaction
B) Excess of meeting structure
C) Excess of groupthink
D) Excess of stringent gatekeeping