This is part of the workshop on group decision making, that was done at a Meetup on the 13/2/2017 @CyberArk

1. Making smarter decisions:
Group
Decision
Making
13/2/2017 Meetup @CyberArk, Omer Meshar, omer.meshar@gmail.com

2. Idea based on Sebastian Radics’s post in
“OnTheAgilePath” blog, on
Efficient group decisions using the 7 levels of
decision making – an agile coach must have:
http://www.ontheagilepath.net/2015/05/efficient-group-decisions-using-the-7-levels-of-decision-making-an-agile-coach-must-have.html

3. Why make group
decisions?
Higher quality
decisions
More
alternatives
More
information
More
understanding
and alignment
Diversity of
views
Empowerment
and growth
Commitment
and
acceptance
Higher quality
decisions

4. Why not? Time
consuming
Delays and ill
feeling
possible
Domination by
individuals
Pressure to
conform
Ambiguous
responsibility
Time
consuming

5. So what do we do?

6. Facilitation

8. Group making decision method When to apply?
Majority
Super majority
Delegation
Multi voting
Consent
Consensus
Experiment
Let’s see when to use

9. Group making decision method Details
Majority A simple majority is enough to decide (>50%)
Super majority The team decides on a threshold which needs to
be reached (>66% for example)
Delegation The team delegates the decision to an expert,
manager or any volunteer
Multi voting The team votes on several options
Consent Either everyone is in favor or don’t care.
One against is enough for a Veto
Consensus Everyone is in favor.
One that is not sure is enough for a Veto
Experiment Don’t decide yet, first experiment a few options
Explanations