Process
The four steps of the nominal group technique
Silent generation, round robin, clarification and private voting
The four stages of the nominal group technique, the structured meeting method Andre Delbecq and Andrew Van de Ven developed in 1971 for generating ideas and agreeing priorities. Facilitators, researchers and product teams can use it as a session plan: silent writing, a round robin, clarification and a private ranked vote. Koji can run the silent generation and ranking parts as interviews with many more people.
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What's in this process
- Silent generation: Everyone writes answers to one written question, alone and without talking.
- Round robin: Each person shares one idea per turn. The facilitator writes it up in their words, with no debate.
- Clarification: The group goes through each item to make sure everyone understands it, and merges duplicates.
- Private voting: Each person ranks their top items alone. The scores are added up to show the group's priorities.
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