Nominal Group Technique

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Nominal Group Technique

• Brief Description

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Efficiency of this techniquecompared to others

• Number of ideas expressed
• Participant satisfaction

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Brief Description

• 1. Following a question asked by a facilitator,
  the participants write in silence as many
  opinions as possible within a predetermined time
  span.

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Brief Description

• 2. The facilitator asks each participant to read
  out loud the first opinion written on his/her
  sheet. During this time, the facilitator writes
  the participants  opinion on a board or on a
  flip chart. The facilitator goes around the table
  until all opinions have been expressed.

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Brief Description

• 3. Once the ideas are clearly marked on the board
  or on the flip chart, they are clarified one
  after the other. This is done to verify that all
  participants attribute the same meaning to the
  ideas and that the logic underlying each one is
  well understood.

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Brief Description

• 4. This group discussion is followed by an
  individual vote on the relative importance of the
  ideas. Priority is given to the ideas with the
  most votes.

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Compilation of results
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Brief Description

• To reduce the spreading of votes and to
  strengthen the consensus, the two following steps
  could be added.
• Discuss the results of the vote
• Proceed to a second vote