Submitting an Idea
Ideas are opportunities whose concept has not yet been refined before they become project demands.
Creating an Idea
Everyone, including a business architect, a technician, an application owner, etc., can submit an idea to an innovation manager.
The Idea Creator sub-profile is associated with connection profiles to allow idea creation.To create an idea:
1. In the home page, click on the New Idea tile.
The properties window for the new idea opens.
2. In the Characteristics page, enter the name of the idea.
3. Specify the Idea Inventor. By default, the name that appears is that of the person who created the idea in the solution, but you can attribute the idea to another person.
4. Select the Idea Submission Date. Enter a Detailed Description of the idea.
Viewing the Ideas
To view the ideas:
1. Click the navigation menu, then the Ideation pane.
2. In the edit area window, click Ideas.
3. Use the drop-down list to display:
• For the innovation manager: all ideas
• For other users: the ideas for which you are creator or with which you have been associated as a stakeholder (directly or as member of a governance body associated with the idea).
In the Ideation pane, the innovation manager can also access idea portfolios.
Accessing the properties of an idea
To define the properties of an idea:
1. Click the navigation menu, then the Ideation pane.
2. In the edit window, click All ideas or My ideas.
3. In the Action column relating to the wanted idea, click Properties.
The properties of the idea appear in the edit area.
A drop-down list gives you access to the following properties pages:
• Characteristics. See Idea Description.
• Assessment. See Examining an Idea.
• Assignment. See Assigning an Idea to Persons.
Commands are also associated with the idea, available when you click the icon associated with the idea:
• Workflow: at this first stage of creation, the idea is visible to the author only. See Submitting the Idea for Review (workflow).
• Documentation (including reports)
• etc.
Idea Description
To describe an idea:
1. Open the idea properties.
See Accessing the properties of an idea above.2. In the properties window, click the drop-down list and select Characteristics.
You can use this to indicate:
• the object name
• the submission date
• The inventor
The status of the idea is defined automatically by the worklow:
• New
• Being reviewed
• Approved
• Archived
Idea category
By way of information you can define a category for the idea.
You can create a category or link an existing category, for example:
• Technological breakthrough
• Improvement
• Innovation
• Quick win
Objects concerned by the idea
You can associate idea subjects with an idea.
An idea subject is used to define the scope and the impact of the idea in terms of capabilities and/or architecture blocks.
To create an idea subject:
1. In the Objects Concerned by the Idea, click New.
2. In the idea subject window, you can specify:
• the subject name
• the idea type: improvement, innovation or rationalization
• the capability with which the object idea
• deals, for example an application.
3. Click OK.
Similar ideas
You can link the idea to similar ideas and specify where appropriate the duplicates.
To link a similar idea:
1. In the Similar Ideas section, click Connect.
2. In the search window, search and select the idea concerned.
3. Click Connect.
The idea appears in the properties window.
Projects inspired by the idea
In the same way as you can specify similar ideas, you can specify the projects inspired by the idea, by linking the projects concerned to the idea.
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Assigning an Idea to Persons
The persons assigned to an idea are persons authorized to complete and assess this idea.
The inventor of the idea and the innovation manager can both assign persons to an idea.
To assign a person or a person group to an idea:
1. Open the idea properties.
See Accessing the properties of an idea above.2. In the properties window, click the drop-down list then Assignment.
3. Click New.
4. In the dialog box that appears, select a Person or a Person Group, as well as their Business Role.
5. Click OK.
Repeat this procedure to assign other persons to the campaign.
Submitting the Idea for Review (workflow)
To submit an idea for review:
1. Click the navigation menu, then the Ideation pane.
2. In the edit window, click All ideas.
Ideas are displayed in the edit window.
3. Click the icon of the idea and select Idea Validation (New) > Sumit For Review.
When a new idea is submitted for review, a notification is sent automatically to the innovation manager(s). Any innovation manager can complete and decide to validate or reject the idea.
The idea switches from the "New" state to the "Being reviewed" state.
It is visible to the creator, the innovation manager(s) and the persons associated with the idea. See Assigning an Idea to Persons.
View the ideas submitted for review
The creator of the idea can view the status of his/her idea in Ideation > Ideas > My Ideas.
The innovation managers and the persons assigned can see the ideas submitted in Ideation > All Ideas.
To display the ideas according to their status (new, under review, etc.):
Click the arrow associated with the Idea Status column then Group by this Field.
The ideas are grouped and displayed according to their status.
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