Score or decline submitted ideas

Product management reviews all submitted ideas and makes a decision whether to accept or decline the idea. Product management needs to think about the benefits and costs of the idea, its implications, score the idea, and answer a few questions to assess what type of opportunity each idea is.

On the Innovation Scoring tab, the ideas are broken down by the following categories:

• New Innovations: All submitted innovations that are not reviewed and scored yet.
• Accepted Innovations: All innovations that are reviewed and scored by the product management.
• Shelved Innovations: All innovations that are reviewed and rejected by the product management.

Score or decline ideas from the innovation page:

1. Select Strategy in the top navigation bar.
2. On the sidebar, select More items in the list of options.
3. Select Innovation; the innovation page displays.

To score an idea:

1. On the innovation page, open the Innovation Scoring tab, expand the New Innovation section, and then click the idea you want to score.
2. From the Category drop-down menu, select the category type to which the idea belongs. The following categories are available:
   • Not Assigned
   • Hold on to it
   • Think on it
   • Bounce it around
   • Run with it
3. Type the benefits, costs, and implications of the idea in the corresponding boxes.
4. Under Scoring System, turn on the items, which are applicable to the idea.
   Note: The total score is calculated automatically in the Calculated Score box.
5. To assess what type of opportunity each idea is, answer a list of questions. The following answers are available:
   • Yes. 2 points.
   • No. 0 points.
6. Click Score & Close.

To decline an idea:

1. On the innovation page, open the Innovation Scoring tab, expand the New Innovation section, and then click the idea you want to decline.
2. Scroll down to the Reason you wish to decline this Idea section.
3. Type the reason for why you want to reject the idea.
4. Click Shelve.