SCAMPER

SCAMPER is a creative thinking and problem-solving technique that guides groups to evaluate an idea by exploring similar or related ideas. SCAMPER stands for:

• Substitute: looking at what can be switched out in the current idea
• Combine: asking how steps in the process or disparate elements could merge
• Adapt: how do tweak the idea to get a better result or work in a new context
• Modify: asking what could be possible with major changes
• Put to another use: asking what other problems, markets, or uses the idea might have
• Eliminate: considering what happens when you remove parts of the process
• Reverse: looking at what happens when you run a scenario backwards