MultiVoting
MultiVoting is a pattern to help meetings move along. The group should
have a consensus, which “Single Voting” does not really
provide. By using “MultiVoting”, participants can indicate
how important to them the various choices are.
How Is MultiVoting Done?
State the Problem
You have a bunch of things you want to prioritize, possibly because
you were just Brainstorming.
The number of things to prioritize exceeds the number of participants
in the meeting.
Determine the Forces to Consider in Decision-Making
Enumerate the factors that should be considered:
- You want to get this meeting over with.
- People want to feel they took part in the decision.
- People want to feel that the priorities really reflect the group's
priorities.
List the steps to arrive at the conclusion:
- Assign each participant at least 1/3 as many votes as there are things to prioritize.
- Have everyone vote. Voters can distribute their votes however they see fit.
- Remove those items receiving few votes from the bottom. They are clearly "low-priority".
- Repeat with the remaining items as necessary.
Discuss the Resulting Context
Everything is now roughly prioritized. You might want to discuss the
high-priority items individually if there is no clear top-priority item.
Source:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?MultiVoting
http://www.west.asu.edu/tqteam/tools/multivot.html
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