Collaborative method: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:49, 6 October 2007

Revision as of 05:41, 9 December 2007

Line 178:

[[Image:Collaborative-looping-exercise-and-voting.jpg|thumb|right|Collaborative writing exercises ("clustering" is shown here) can be used for development of ideas. Colored tabs of paper—attached to the large page—are used in a collaborative voting exercise to gain consensus.]]

[[Opinion poll|Polling the opinions]] of all group members is necessary to equalize ownership of the collaborative project. There are two principleprincipal ways to do this through [[voting]]:

* '''Written voting''' is a more formal method of establishing consensus that is useful to avoid conflict and pick specific means of proceeding. This is typically done in silence and is particularly valuable to engage internal thinkers.

Line 185:

Varying means of voting exist, each having their strengths and weaknesses:

* '''A Singlesingle vote''' per person is most useful to make final decisions where only a limited number of options exist

* '''N votes''' per person can be given, where '''N''' is the desired number of 'surviving' options

* '''One hundred votes''' per person can be given in total and works like "percentages," where any number of votes can be given to an option. This is best suited for initial decision-making when a large number of diverse options exist.