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Ideation can be most valuable in the planning phase of any project, program or portfolio, when the management plans (project charter) have to be created. | Ideation can be most valuable in the planning phase of any project, program or portfolio, when the management plans (project charter) have to be created. | ||
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Abstract
The ideation or pre-project phase is often underrated in project, program or portfolio management. [1]
Ideation can be most valuable in the planning phase of any project, program or portfolio, when the management plans (project charter) have to be created.
Ideation is an important process, that in essence means the generation of unexpected ideas via reframing any challenge. [2] It can be thought of as an alternative or almost synonym to the commonly known process of idea generation called brainstorming.
Ideation focuses a lot on designing radical alternative processes or products, with a focus on opening up the possibilities for a large quantity of ideas.
Big idea
Ideation is a very important process in project management as it is about exploring a large quantity of ideas and a diversity among these ideas in different stages in a project life cycle.
Ideation is a tool/technique that is not just used in the project development phase, but through out the whole life cycle of a project or program. It can be used during the meetings, as a decision-making technique, as a planning tool or as an information gathering technique. [3]
Despite of the advantages that ideation can offer, the brainstorming is more widespread in the field.
Ideation involves a lot more and more refined processes to tackle challenges in a project management scenario than brainstorming is, which makes it more effective and thorough at its job. In truth, brainstorming is only one possible process under the umbrella of ideation tools.
Ideas are required to tackle challenges, and figuring out solutions that satisfy many different stakeholders and can be designed in a sustainable way. Ideation comes with a lot of phases, that can be used in projects to facilitate the creation of creative solutions. These phases are brainstorming, how-we-might questions, stoke, etc.
Application
The application of ideation is via the phases. These phases are: (listing of all the phase with explanations for each)
Limitations
Cannot be used in other parts of a project/program/portfolio life cycle, because it deals with coming up with ideas to solve a problem. When executing a plan, there is not much wiggle room left to find new solutions.
Annotated bibliography
References
- ↑ Kock, A., Heising, W., & Gemünden, H. G. (2016). A contingency approach on the impact of front-end success on project portfolio success. Project Management Journal, 47(2), 115–129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmj.21575
- ↑ Ideate Mixtape, Institute of Design at Stanford https://dschool-old.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ideate-mixtape-v8.pdf
- ↑ Project Management Institute | 2013 | "A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge" | (5th Edition)
