SCAMPER

What is it?

SCAMPER refers to a series of thought starters which help you to innovate on an early stage idea by looking through different lenses. It's an acronym for:

Substitute- What can be replaced? 

Combine- What features, uses or components can be combined? 

Adapt- What can be slightly tweaked to improve the product or process? 

Modify- How can the process/product be changed in a way that changes the outcomes?

Put to another use- What benefits might be gained by using the process/product in a different area?

Eliminate- What can be removed or simplified?

Reverse- What can be rearranged, flipped, or swapped?

When to use it?

To collaboratively develop ideas as a team. Use in the latter half of ideation once you have reduced the number of ideas to those with the most potential.

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