Wednesday, February 24, 2010

S.C.A.M.P.E.R

S-Substitute/What can you substitute? What can be used instead? Who else instead? What other ingredients? Other material? Other process? Other power? Other place? Other approach? Other sounds? Other forces?




C-Combine/What can you combine or bring together somehow? How about a blend, an alloy, an assortment, an ensemble? Combine units? Combine purposes? Combine appeals? Combine ideas?

A-Adapt/What can you adapt for use as a solution? What else is like this? What other idea does this suggest? Does past offer a parallel? What could I copy? Who could I emulate?

M-Modify/Can you change the item in some way? Change meaning, colour, motion, sound, smell, form, shape? Other changes?

Also: Magnify: What can you add? More time? Greater frequency? Stronger? Higher? Longer? Thicker? Extra value? Plus ingredient? Duplicate? Multiply? Exaggerate?

And: 'Minify': What can you remove? Smaller? Condensed? Miniature? Lower? Shorter? Lighter? Omit? Streamline? Split up? Understate?


P-Put to other uses/How can you put the thing to different or other uses? New ways to use as is? Other uses if it is modified?

E-Eliminate/What can you eliminate? Remove something? Eliminate waste? Reduce time? Reduce effort? Cut costs?

R-Rearrange/What can be rearranged in some way? Interchange components? Other pattern? Other layout? Other sequence? Transpose cause and effect? Change pace? Change schedule?




Source: http://creatingminds.org/tools/scamper.htm

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