What the framework is
A ranking puts one list of options in order from the answers of the people who take part. Each participant answers the same question about the same options, by the session's method, and the answers are combined into one ranked result. You can answer a ranking yourself, or invite a group to answer it.
A ranking can also judge the same options against several criteria. Participants rank the options once for each criterion, by the same method, and the result shows a ranking for each criterion and an overall ranking that counts each criterion by its weight. Unless you set the weights, they are split evenly.
What a Pairwise result looks like
What you can set
Method
How participants rank the options.
- Pairwise: Two options at a time: they pick the better one.
- Rank Order: They put the options in order.
- Score: They give each option a score.
- One: They pick one option.
- Several: They pick several options.
- Percentages: They share 100% between the options.
- Budget: They share a budget you set between the options.
- Dots: They place dots on the options.
Type
Whether the options are ranked on one question, against several criteria, or in sections that each have their own options.
- One Question: The options are ranked once, on one question.
- One Question, Several Criteria: The options are ranked once for each criterion, by the same method. The results show a ranking for each criterion, and an overall ranking that counts each criterion by its weight.
- Multiple Sections: Each section has its own options, question and method, and is ranked on its own. The results show each section's ranking, with no overall ranking.
Respondent(s)
Whether you answer the session yourself, or invite a group.
- Individual: You answer it yourself. It closes after its one response and sends no notification.
- Group: Others answer it, from the codes and invitation you share.
When it earns its place
Use it when one list has to be put in order: which priorities come first, which ideas to pursue, which venue to book. With several criteria, it ranks options whose order depends on more than one factor, such as cost, impact and effort.
How to run it with a group
- Write the question and add the options.
- Share the link, QR code or join code, or lead it live from a stage, where participants answer the slide you show. Participants do not need an account to respond.
- Read the ranking from the top. With several criteria, read the overall ranking and the ranking for each criterion.