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Date: ________________
SCAMPER TOOL
(Substitute. Combine. Adapt. Modify.
Put to another use. Eliminate. Reverse.)

Creative thinking and problem-solving are essential parts of the design process to turn ideas into innovation
and break the barriers against creativity. SCAMPER tool helps you generate ideas for new products and
services by encouraging you to think about how you could improve existing ones. Remember that the
word "products" doesn't only refer to physical goods. Products can also include processes, services, and
even people. You can therefore adapt this technique to a wide range of situations.

Alex Osborn, credited by many as the originator of brainstorming, originally came up with many of the
questions used in the technique. However, it was Bob Eberle, an education administrator and author, who
organized these questions into the SCAMPER mnemonic.

Directions: Evaluate your research topic/research title. Decide on what techniques (substitute,
combine, adapt,…) your research fall and explain why it falls under those techniques.
(Note: A good research must fall under two or more techniques)

Technique Questions to Ask Explanation

Substitute What else can I use instead?
Who else can be involved instead?
What other ingredients, materials, 
or power sources can I use?
Where else could I do this?
Combine How could I put two or more things 
together?
How could I get two or more results 
from this?
How can I appeal to more people 
about this?
Adapt What changes would improve this?
How could this better fit in the 
situation?
What from the past could I copy?
Modify/Magnify/ How can I make this bigger and 
Minimize more powerful?
How can I increase performance or 
appeal?
How can I slow this down or speed 
it up?
Put to Other Uses What else could I do with this?
Who else would be interested in 
this?
Where else could I apply this?
Eliminate How can I make this smaller and 
more precise?
How can I decrease cost?
How can I streamline this?
Rearrange/Revers What other layout or order could I 
e use?
How can I look at this from a 
completely different perspective?
How can I solve a different part of 
the problem?
How can I reverse cause and effect?