Ideation › Evaluate an Idea

Evaluate an Idea

When an idea is submitted for approval, the process manager receives an action item to evaluate it. After this evaluation, the process manager determines whether the idea warrants further consideration or not.

Depending on your role, view and evaluate the idea from one or more of the NPD dashboards that display action items: the Idea Management Dashboard, the Portfolio Management Dashboard, and the Executive Dashboard.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to CA Clarity PPM Accelerator for NPD.

   The overview page appears.

   Note: If you change your default home page to a specific dashboard, the specified page appears instead of the overview page.

2. Open the Action Items menu and click the Idea Review action item.

   The action item details page appears.

3. In the Object Links section, click the idea link in the Objects field.

   The properties page appears.

4. Review and evaluate the data. You can add additional details at this time.
5. Save the changes.

After completing the evaluation, it is time for the process manager to either continue the idea along the NPD process or kill it.

You can choose from the following options:

• Prepare the idea for gate scoring
• Score the idea
• Fast track the idea
• Cancel the idea