Nominal Group Technique

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Nominal Group Technique

• Designed to promote group participation in the
  decision making process
• Everyone as a voice.
• Used by Small Groups to
• Reach consensus on identifying the key problems.
• Develop solutions that can be tested using rapid
  cycles.

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Generating Solutions

• We have done a walk through
• We have created a flowchart
• We have started to identify bottlenecks/barriers
• NOW we need to identify PROBLEMS and SOLUTIONS.
• NGT can help!!!

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Seven Steps

• Preparation (Room and Question)
• Silent idea generation
• Recording of ideas
• Idea discussion
• Preliminary voting
• Discussion of preliminary voting
• Final voting on ideas

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Assignment

• As a group, use the pre-defined question as the
  foucs of your nominal group process.
• Assign a Change Leader to facilitate
• Take 5 minutes for SILENT IDEA GENERATION. No
  Talking!
• Record on idea on one post it note.

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Assignment

• Change Leader will facilitate the sharing of
  solutions
• One solution per person at a time will be shared
  with the group.
• One person from group will put each solution on
  the flow chart at the area it addresses.
• This will continue until all solutions are
  shared.

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Assignment

• Vote on those solutions to identify the top idea
  to test first.
• Members of each group are asked to select a first
  choice (red circle), a second choice (blue
  circle) and a third choice (green circle) on the
  post it note solution.