Abstract
As ever more companies encourage employees to innovate, a surplus of ideas has become reality in many organizations – often exceeding the available resources to execute them. Building on insights from a literature review and a 3-year collaboration with a banking software provider, the paper suggests a Digital Idea Screening Cockpit (DISC) to address this challenge. Following a design science research approach, it suggests a prescriptive design theory that provides practitioner-oriented guidance for implementing a DISC. The study shows that, in order to facilitate the assessment, selection, and tracking of ideas for different stakeholders, such a system needs to play a dual role: It needs to structure decision criteria and at the same be flexible to allow for creative expression. Moreover, the paper makes a case for scenario-based design theorizing by developing design knowledge via scenarios.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Business & Information Systems Engineering |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 31-50 |
ISSN | 1867-0202 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2019 |
Keywords
- Scenario-based design theorizing
- Scenario- based design
- Employee-driven innovation
- Digital innovation
- Idea Screening
- Idea Evaluation
- Idea Selection
- Idea Tracking