S.C.A.M.P.E.R
Published on Jan 04, 2016
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S.C.A.M.P.E.R
Subsititution
Focus on the parts that can be replaced with another.
Substitution
- What materials or resources can you substitute or swap to improve the product?
- What other product or process could you use?
- What rules could you substitute?
- Can you use this product somewhere else, or as a substitute for something else?
- What will happen if you change your feelings or attitude toward this product?
Combine
Possibly merge two ideas into a new product or idea.
Combine
- What would happen if you combined this product with another, to create something new?
- What if you combined purposes or objectives?
- What could you combine to maximize the uses of this product?
- How could you combine talent and resources to create a new approach to this product?
Adapt
Adjust or tweak ideas in a major or minor way for a better product.
Adapt
- How could you adapt or readjust this product to serve another purpose or use?
- What else is the product like? Who or what could you emulate to adapt this product?
- What else is like your product? What other context could you put your product into?
- What other products or ideas could you use for inspiration?
Modify, minify, magnify
Focus on the overall idea or product.
Modify
- How could you change the shape, look, or feel of your product?
- What could you add to modify this product?
- What could you emphasize or highlight to create more value?
- What element of this product could you strengthen to create something new?
Put to Another Use
Focus on how can you put the idea or product to use in a different way.
Put to Another Use
- Can you use this product somewhere else, perhaps in another industry?
- Who else could use this product?
- How would this product behave differently in another setting?
- Could you recycle the waste from this product to make something new?
Eliminate
Identify parts of the idea or product that can be eliminated.
Eliminate
- How could you streamline or simplify this product?
- What features, parts, or rules could you eliminate?
- What could you understate or tone down?
- How could you make it smaller, faster, lighter, or more fun?
- What would happen if you took away part of this product?
- What would you have in its place?
Reverse
Focus on changing the process or think about it in a different way.
Reverse
- What would happen if you reversed this process or sequenced things differently?
- What if you try to do the exact opposite of what you're trying to do now?
- What components could you substitute to change the order of this product?
- What roles could you reverse or swap?
- How could you reorganize this product?
Source
- MindTools. (2016). SCAMPER improving products and services. Retrieved from: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_02.htm
