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Approve a suggestion

Approve, approve with feedback, reject or mark a suggestion as not a suggestion so it moves to the next stage.

Written by Angad Singh

Approve, approve with feedback, reject or mark a suggestion as not a suggestion, so it can move to the next stage.

Steps

1. Open the suggestion you want to approve. You can open it in the side window or the detail view.

2. Click Approve in the top left of the suggestion. A drop-down menu with 4 options appears.

3. Choose an option. A window opens based on your choice. Follow the steps for the option you chose.

Approve

Complete Approval window

Select a priority (High, Medium or Low) and the related pillar, then click Save. The suggestion moves to the next stage.

Approve with Feedback

Complete Approval window

This works like Approve, with an extra Feedback field. The submitter can read this feedback.

Make your selections, enter the feedback and click Save.

Reject

Complete Approval window

Important: You must add feedback before you reject the suggestion. The feedback is saved with the suggestion and the submitter can read it.

Not a Suggestion

This option marks the suggestion as not valid. Its status changes to Not a Suggestion.

Status changed to Not a Suggestion

Result

After you approve a suggestion, its status becomes Pending Implementation. See Move a suggestion forward after approval.

Good to know

  • When you view a suggestion, Lean AI recommends a Status and Priority to help you decide.

  • The RICE prioritization score (Reach, Impact, Confidence and Ease) helps you compare and rank ideas.

  • On approval you may see an assign points? pop-up, which lets you award points to the submitter. See Set suggestion points in Suggestion Settings.

  • If you marked a suggestion as Not a Suggestion by mistake, see Revert a suggestion to its initial state.


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