Importance Of Plussing

METHOD: Plussing

WHY: Plussing can be used to improve ideas in the group more effectively.

HOW: The goal of Plussing is to generate new idea efficiently by criticising and improving upon existing one (Lehrer, 2012). Plussing helps people to understand advantages of existing ideas and gives them an opportunity to make the idea better based on others' work (Lehrer, 2012). In the Plussing session, the constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement would be given after reviewing a current idea (Godwin, 2014). However, Plussing requires all participants to work with each other to find the best idea (Catmull, 2008). Sometimes it could result in a heated quarrel among participants (Lehrer, 2012).

An approach of Plussing (Godwin, 2014):

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Lehrer, J., 2012, Imagine: How Creativity Works. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
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Image reference: Julie (2014) Plussing: Feedback that works! Trakstar

PHASE: IDEA GENERATION
Improve idea in the group involving in criticisable judgement.
PLUSSING

PHASE: IDEA GENERATION
Sketching ideas individually to generate an idea, and others improve ideas after reviewing
C-SKETCHING
METHOD: C-Sketching

WHY: Sketching ideas independently, and ideas get improved after reviewing by other members.

HOW: Sketching can help people to produce quality ideas and concepts (Ullman, 1990), and deal with simple problems very well (Shah, 2001). However, working independently may result in a lack of ideas because the same idea may be generated by others (Shah, 2001).

In C-Sketching session, form a group of 6 people and find a few solutions of problems independently by sketching. Then pass the paper to another member to add or create a new idea based on sketches. Repeat this process until each person responds to every paper (White, 2012).

NAF
METHOD: NAF- Novelty, Attractiveness, Feasibility

WHY: To rank new ideas in novelty, attractiveness and practicality

HOW: By using NAF, the new ideas can be ranked quickly and easily (Rebernik & Bradac, 2008). Either individuals or groups can apply this method to evaluate ideas (Abili, 2015). However, the method should be used during early phases when ideas are being further developed (Abili, 2015).

In the NAF session, each item (Novelty, Attractiveness and Feasibility) is scored from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) (Mycoted, 2007, Rebernik & Bradac, 2008). The 3 item scores of each idea will be added together and then used to rank the idea (Rebernik & Bradac, 2008). Finally, decisions can be made based on the scores, with the idea with the highest score may be the best choice (IPACSO, 2015).

SOURCES:
Abili N. I., 2015, Subsea Fluid Sampling to Maximise Production Asset in Offshore Field Development, Cranfield University
IPACSO, 2015, IDEA ASSESSMENT AND SCREENING. [ONLINE] Available at: http://ipacso.eu/28-ipacso-innovation-process-themes/278-ideas-ideatiation-idea-assessment-and-screening.html. [Accessed 23 August