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Evaluate ideas

Learn about the actions of the evaluate ideas form. Review the submitted ideas and then choose which action to perform on the idea. You can analyze the submitted ideas and then accept or reject them.

ActionSteps
Accept

If the idea seems interesting with the potential for developing into a new feature, product, or enhancement, accept the idea. It then moves to the backlog, from which you can pick it up at an appropriate time. To accept an idea, set the status of the idea to In Backlog from the State list.

If you want to implement the idea relatively soon, create a task for it. For more information, see Create a task for an idea.

Request more informationIf the information provided with the idea at the time of submission is insufficient request more information about the idea by setting the status Need more information from the State list.
RejectIf an idea is not feasible or has been already implemented, reject the idea by setting its state to Unlikely to implement or Already exists. The idea becomes inactive and is closed for comments and votes.
Close an idea when implemented

When an idea is implemented successfully, mark the idea as completed and close the idea for further comments and vote.To mark an idea as completed:

  1. Set the status of the idea to Completed from the State list.
  2. Provide information about how the idea was implemented in the Close notes field.

Parent Topic:Form field information for Innovation Management

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