CPS

Odyssey of the Mind http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/practice/default_cat.php?Id=2

CPS model http://members.optusnet.com.au/charles57/Creative/Brain/cps.htm

Model and booklet with worksheets http://ceo.binghamton.edu/kowalik/docs/CreativeProblemSolving.pdf

Destination Imagination examples http://www.idodi.org/09previews.html

CPS SIte http://www.1000ventures.com/business_guide/crosscuttings/cps.html

SCAMPER http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_02.htm

Brainstorming http://www.mindtools.com/brainstm.html

What if (includes list of words) http://www.increasebrainpower.com/creativesolutions.html


 * **S**ubstitute What else instead? Who else instead? Other ingredients? Other material? Other power? Other place?
 * **C**ombine How about a blend, an alloy, an ensemble? Combine purposes? Combine appeals?
 * **A**dapt What else is like this? What other idea does this suggest? Does past offer parallel? What could I copy?
 * **M**inify Order, form, shape? What to add? More time?
 * **M**agnify Greater frequency? Higher? Longer? Thicker?
 * **P**ut to other uses New ways to use as is? Other uses I modified? Other places to use? Other people to reach?
 * **E**liminate What to subtract? Smaller? Condensed? Miniature? Lower? Shorter? Lighter? Omit? Streamline? Understate?
 * **R**everse Interchange components? Other pattern?
 * **R**earrange Other layout? Other sequence? Transpose cause and effect? Change pace? Transpose positive and negative? How about opposites? Turn it backward? Turn it upside-down? Reverse roles?


 * S - Substitute - components, materials, people
 * C - Combine - mix, combine with other assemblies or services, integrate
 * A - Adapt - alter, change function, use part of another element
 * M - Modify - increase or reduce in scale, change shape, modifyattributes (e.g. colour)
 * P - Put to another use
 * E - Eliminate - remove elements, simplify, reduce to core functionality
 * R - Reverse - turn inside out or upside down, also use of [|Reversal].