The 9-Box is a very quick way to conduct a preliminary evaluation of ideas on a 1 to 9 scale. It uses a simple 2 dimentional matrix (9-boxes, like tic-tac-toe) with 2 criteria (typica
lly Ease and Impact or Cost and Timeliness) to do a quick sort of ideas to narrow the field for further detailed evaluation. It is commonly used in Step 5 (Concept Evaluation) of the Systematic Innovation Process. Ask us about a very cool Excel template we use to track ideas and automatically calculate and visually display ideas on a 9-box grid.