SCAMPER
SCAMPER is an acronym for a set of operations that you can use to generate new ideas from old ones.
How to use
Basically this is a checklist of idea generating questions to ask against an existing idea.
- Substitute - What could I swap out?
- Combine - What could I add?
- Adapt - What could I adapt from elsewhere and use on this?
- Modify / Magnify - How can I modify/magnify the idea?
- Put to another use - Are there other uses for this idea I haven't though of?
- Eliminate- What could I remove?
- Reverse / Rearrange - What happens if I change the order?
References
Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko
Mind Performance Hacks by Ron Hale-Evans