Use of Scenario-Based Nominal Group Techniques to Evaluate System Functions: Examples from the USA & Sweden
The nominal group technique (NGT) was developed in the 1970s as a structured brainstorming and multi-stage consensus-building process to solicit feedback from a group of stakeholders on a given topic. The approach was intended as an evaluation method to provide semi-quantitative rank-ordered feedbac...
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| description | The nominal group technique (NGT) was developed in the 1970s as a structured brainstorming and multi-stage consensus-building process to solicit feedback from a group of stakeholders on a given topic. The approach was intended as an evaluation method to provide semi-quantitative rank-ordered feedback from group participants. This lecture presents a variation of this technique created by the Harvard team, namely “scenario-based NGT”. The format proposed includes elements of tabletop exercises (scenario with a timeline and discussion phase) as well as elements of traditional NGTs (silent brainstorming and ranking). The technique we developed was based on a case-study approach (“scenario”) which we then tested in two countries (USA and Sweden) with existing P/CVE initiatives at different stages of development. We conducted scenario-based NGT sessions in both locations and then systematically analyzed the results using iterative qualitative coding based on a common framework. Results were analyzed to achieve consensus on the most common system-level challenges and system-level functions, necessary to overcome those challenges, in each location. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-156598abfd574610a1e162c09b27c2fa2023-11-21T17:02:11ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002021-04-01771510.3390/proceedings2021077005Use of Scenario-Based Nominal Group Techniques to Evaluate System Functions: Examples from the USA & SwedenRachael Piltch-Loeb0Anna Ekström1Rachel Neilsen2Community Safety Branch, Emergency Preparedness Research Evaluation & Practice (EPREP) Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 90 Smith Street, Boston, MA 02115, USASwedish Contingency Agency, Institute for Future Studies, P.O. Box 591, 101 31 Stockholm, SwedenColorado Resilience Collaborative, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208, USAThe nominal group technique (NGT) was developed in the 1970s as a structured brainstorming and multi-stage consensus-building process to solicit feedback from a group of stakeholders on a given topic. The approach was intended as an evaluation method to provide semi-quantitative rank-ordered feedback from group participants. This lecture presents a variation of this technique created by the Harvard team, namely “scenario-based NGT”. The format proposed includes elements of tabletop exercises (scenario with a timeline and discussion phase) as well as elements of traditional NGTs (silent brainstorming and ranking). The technique we developed was based on a case-study approach (“scenario”) which we then tested in two countries (USA and Sweden) with existing P/CVE initiatives at different stages of development. We conducted scenario-based NGT sessions in both locations and then systematically analyzed the results using iterative qualitative coding based on a common framework. Results were analyzed to achieve consensus on the most common system-level challenges and system-level functions, necessary to overcome those challenges, in each location.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/77/1/5system-level evaluationscenario-based nominal group techniquecountering violent extremismpreventing targeted violencemixed methods |
| spellingShingle | Rachael Piltch-Loeb Anna Ekström Rachel Neilsen Use of Scenario-Based Nominal Group Techniques to Evaluate System Functions: Examples from the USA & Sweden Proceedings system-level evaluation scenario-based nominal group technique countering violent extremism preventing targeted violence mixed methods |
| title | Use of Scenario-Based Nominal Group Techniques to Evaluate System Functions: Examples from the USA & Sweden |
| title_full | Use of Scenario-Based Nominal Group Techniques to Evaluate System Functions: Examples from the USA & Sweden |
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| title_short | Use of Scenario-Based Nominal Group Techniques to Evaluate System Functions: Examples from the USA & Sweden |
| title_sort | use of scenario based nominal group techniques to evaluate system functions examples from the usa sweden |
| topic | system-level evaluation scenario-based nominal group technique countering violent extremism preventing targeted violence mixed methods |
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