Ideas/Initiatives Overview : Helpdesk

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Overview

The Overview tab is where most of the information about the Idea/Initiative is recorded during the initial (e.g. Evaluating) stage.

Use the burger menu to navigate to other areas of the Ideas/Initiatives module.

	Situation - A description to report what the purpose of the idea/initiative is.
	Complication - What issue(s) need to be resolved and what is the effect of it.
	Solution - How the situation will be solved or improved.

	Comment on idea/initiative status - if any other relevant information needs to be added.
	Technology Readiness Level is a method for estimating the maturity of technologies during the acquisition phase of a program. Note: this field is only available when the Emissions Module is active.
	Commercial Readiness Level is a measure of how ready a technology is to be made commercially available. Note: this field is only available when the Emissions Module is active and a Technology Readiness Level is selected.
	Input any tags associated with the idea/initiative.
	The current benefit delivery forecast for the idea/initiative. Provides a continuous focus on benefits during the implementation stage.
	The timeline status bar displays if the idea/initiative is on or off track and by how much. It will appear green if on-track and red if the idea/initiative is off-track.
	Determine whether the benefits of the idea/initiative will be inputted manually or use a VDT.
	This section will show additional benefits that can be tracked in an idea/initiative, to customise this, see article - Idea/Initiative Fields.

Adding Non-Financial Benefits

When using Manual Capture, you have the option of attaching additional Non-Financial benefits to an idea/initiative, e.g. emissions, by clicking the "Add" button:

In this example, since tracking emissions from an idea/initiative will directly affect the overall emissions module by introducing new data, a warning will appear:

After clicking "Continue", you will be able to input the benefits manually:

Emissions Scopes

It's possible to include multiple emissions scopes in one idea/initiative. In the following example, the total Emissions benefit is calculated by aggregating Emissions Scopes 1 and 2:

Next Steps

Now that you can navigate the Overview tab, see article Idea/Initiative VDT.