Thank you for this suggestion! I think there are three main benefits of brainwriting: to generate ideas in a very short amount of time, to build on others' ideas, and to have someplace to start when working on a project.

We've used it for getting ideas on articles we'd like to write and topics we'd like to discuss. We also use it before a meeting with someone if we're a bit unsure about what we'd like the meeting to be about. Recently, we have decided on which indicators we are going to use to measure to what extent we are reaching our goals. We then used brainwriting to come up with ideas of different indicators, and built on those. Further, through brainwriting we tried to find alternatives to hosting a large conference that would give us the same outcomes.

We more or less use it whenever we are stuck on a project, when we need ideas, or when we're unsure exactly what our thoughts are on something. I unfortunately don't have a specific example of a project that was generated through this way, but hope this clarification and additional information has been useful :)