Evaluation grid

Evaluation grid


For those who want to get even fancier you can use an evaluation grid built in your favorite spreadsheet software like Excel or Google Sheets.

How to build it

First you'll have to import every idea in your spreadsheet. Then you can select a certain number of criteria that you'll evaluate with a scale from 1 to 10. Criterias can be things like:

  1. Technical feasibility (1 hard to do, 10 simple to do)

  2. Cost (1 will cost a lot, 10 very cheap)

  3. Impact for the end user (1 will not help, 10 will help the user a lot)

  4. Impact for the company (1 will not help, 10 will help the company a lot)

  5. etc.


How to make it smart

Then, because it's an spreadsheet you  can add a few formulas to calculate an idea score. To do this, you'll have to evaluate what's the importance of each criteria for you. For example we could say:

  1. Technical feasibility: 1x

  2. Cost: 1.5x

  3. Impact for the end user: 2x

  4. Impact for the company: 1x

  5. etc.


By doing so you'll multiply the points you gave by the number you decided. In the example above that would mean that you care more about ideas that bring a lot of impact for the user and  that are cheap to produce.

It will take a shitload of time

This is something pretty nice to do, but be aware, when you have a lot of ideas, this will take  a lot of time, and produce often results that are quite similar to what you will get with a simple dot voting  and impact versus effort matrix.

Basics of Ideation for Innovation (Alpha version)

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Introduction

  • Lovely to meet you
  • What you'll learn and what you won't1

WTF is ideation?

  • WTF is ideation? Introduction
  • What is ideation?
  • What are the benefits of ideation?
  • The myth of creativity
  • What are common dangers and mistakes of ideation?

The core principles of ideation

  • The core principles of ideation: Introduction
  • Diverge
  • Quantity over quality
  • Pause criticism until later
  • Different people bring different ideas
  • Constraints and pressure help
  • Serendipity and context help
  • Based on research

What are the different types of ideations

  • What are the different types of ideations: Introduction
  • Group ideation
  • Solo ideation
  • Asynchronous or remote ideation
  • Crowd sourcing

A selection of ideation techniques

  • A selection of ideation techniques: Introduction
  • Brain dump
  • Silent brainstorming
  • Crazy eight
  • Brands like these
  • Fast idea generator
  • Mash-Up Innovation
  • Future scenarios and trends
  • Lotus blossom
  • Lightning demos
  • Ideation cards
  • A few good practices for every technic
  • Where to find more ideation techniques
  • Apps for the ideation process

How to prioritize ideas

  • How to prioritize ideas: Introduction
  • Affinity sorting
  • Dot voting
  • Multi parameters vote
  • Evaluation grid
  • Impact versus Effort Matrix
  • Mix the methods

How to run an ideation workshop

  • How to run an ideation workshop: Introduction
  • How to prepare an ideation workshop
  • The basic structure of an ideation workshop
  • The facilitator role in an ideation workshop
  • What happens after the ideation workshop?

Going further

  • Going further
  • Recommended books on ideation
  • Recommended academic papers on Introduction
  • Recommended videos on ideation
  • Recommended critical articles on ideation
  • Recommended resources in Portuguese1

End note

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