15. 10/4 Value Ranking

 

·         Define the List of Items to be Ranked

·         Identify Total and Allocation Maximum of Points

·         Score (Public or Secret) the Items

·         Accumulate and determine Totals

·         Conduct a Second Ranking Round, if needed

 

COMMENTARY

Strengths and Weaknesses: The strength of this technique is its ability to focus the group on thinking through their priorities and needs. This methods requires them to make tangible decisions about their wants. This helps deal with members who fail to recognize limited resources and 'want it all.'

A weakness is that in large groups, if this process is not managed carefully, some factions of attendees could be left out. If their interests were not the interests of the group, their votes may ultimately not be counted. This can cause a consensus problem. This can usually be solved by having successive rounds of ranking. However, the facilitator must be sensitive to the needs of the group as a whole.

Resources:
This is a generalized ranking technique.

 

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