SCAMPER

Is a creative technique forinnovation.

Created by Bob Eberlee

SCAMPERStands for:

uSubstitute.

uCombine.

uAdapt/Alter

uModify.

uPut to another use.

uEliminate.

uReverse/Rearrange

How to use SCAMPER

u You use the tool by asking questions about existing products, services, or situations.

u First, take an existing product or service that you want to improve.

u Start asking questions regarding the 7 concepts of scamper.

SUBSTITUTE

u What materials or resources can you substitute or swap to improve the product?

COMBINE

u What would happen if you combined this product with another, to create something new?

u What if you combined purposes or objectives?

ADAPTu How could you adapt or readjust this product to serve another

purpose or use?

u What other context could you put your product into?

MODIFY

u How could you change the shape, look, or feel of your product?

u What could you add to modify this product?

PUT TO ANOTHER USEu Can you use this product somewhere else, perhaps in another industry?

u How would this product behave differently in another setting?

u Could you recycle the waste from this product to make something new?

ELIMINATE

u What features, parts, or rules could you eliminate?

u How could you simplify this product?

REVERSE OR RE-ARRANGEu What would happen if you reversed this process or sequenced things

differently?

u What if you try to do the exact opposite of what you're trying to do now?

u What if you re-arrange the elements?

Activity

u Gather in teams of 4 or 5

u Team will be given one different product to work with: Bicycle, toilet paper, mug, broom, lollipop

u Using the SCAMPER technique, you will need to come up withnew ideas and inventions related to your product.

u Fill the table with the information required. For each letter of the Word SCAMPER the team must come with 3 different ideas, making a total of 21 ideas. (3 ideas x 7 letters = 21 ideas)

01 - Bicyle 02 - Toilet Paper

04 – Broom 05 – Lollipop

03 - Mug