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Criterion
Paper matrix with seven SCAMPER rows, operator prompts and variations for a course portal.
Innovation
SCAMPER
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
For an existing solution under pressure to change, the method deliberately opens space for systematic variants. It directs attention to rebuilding, combining, and repurposing rather than only new basic ideas. This produces concrete evolution paths for products, offerings, or workflows.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-2 h1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-102-82-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
SCAMPER Idea List, Concept Shortlist, Variation NotesBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business HypothesesMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityReframingInnovation
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
IdeationInnovationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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