A pattern to help meetings move along. This is from TheTeamHandbook.
Problem
You have a bunch of things you want to prioritize, possibly because you were just BrainStorm-ing.
The number of things to prioritize exceeds the number of participants in the meeting.
Forces
Do the following:
Everything is now roughly prioritized. You might want to discuss the high-priority items individually if there is no clear top-priority item.
Rationale
The group should have consensus, which SingleVoting? does not really provide. By using MultiVoting, participants can indicate how important to them the various choices are.
See Also
VoteForHeadOfGeneralAssembly?, BrainStorm, NegativeConsensus, StoneSociety.
-- BillTrost, August 1998