SCAMPER
Acronym and concept by Bob Eberle,
educator and author of SCAMPER: Games for Imagination Development, 1971
Substitute
- 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
- 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
- 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/Magnify
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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?
SCAMPER Challenges
ConceptsGeneral, Abstract, DivergentUsing your cache of recyclable, reusable building materials, create an artifact or collection that communicates, models, or exemplifies the concept . . .
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Applications
Specific, Concrete, ConvergentUsing your cache of recyclable, reusable building materials, create an artifact or collection that will . . . Replace a broken zipper on a backpack long enough to get home.
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Scamper Challenge: Little Boxes
You have received a delivery of your favorite snack food, stylish or practical clothes, and a much-needed appliance for your home.
- There are one small, one medium, and one large cardboard box in your hall or kitchen.
- How many ways you can use or dispose of these boxes?
- Generate as many ideas as possible in the time given.
"Little Boxes"--Walk Off the Earth |
Creativity--Making "Little Boxes" |
SCAMPER MindMap compiled by Ms. Sheri Barfield
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IDEO is a company that specializes in product design. The IDEO cards are intended to help teams and individuals think about different approaches to a problem if you're stuck or not enthused about your present point-of-view.
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