Background

Participants pick one criterion (they feel comfortable with) and then rate all ideas based on the selected success criteria on a scale from 1 - to 10 using the Idea Machine Engine tool. Participants who feel comfortable with more than one criterion can pick more than one criterion.

The results are available in real-time.

They show:

• Which ideas pass all criteria
• Which ideas have no chance and
• Which ideas pass most criteria, but there is a high polarization with a certain criterion. These ideas often have high potential once refined.

Background

After the refinement process

We know which ideas are pursued (status "keep"), which ones put on hold and which ones are ignored.

There are three ways of looking at the results

1) By average ratings of all criteria

• This view shows the leading ideas based on the average of all averages for all criteria.
• If you have good values here you can be sure that the idea is solid.
• If you have similar ideas pick one and add aspects of the others and drop those.

2) By maximum polarization of a single criterion

• This view shows the ideas with the highest polarization of all criteria.
• This is a very good starting point for the refinement discussion (title and description can be amended to the taste of the team).

3) By number of likes

• It might happen that ideas with many likes don't pass the Criteria Scan - you might have to drop this idea.
• This is no problem as long as you have good reasons to drop the ideas and can answers the question "what happen to this idea - it got so many likes".