PM Through ConsensusA Project Management Course
Course overview Module 5 · Consensus building: making the decision together
Module 5 · 30 min · 5 pages

Consensus building: making the decision together

~30 min total · Earn: Consensus Facilitator

Why consensus produces more stable, more efficient, and wiser decisions. Four practical methods: digital whiteboards, the impact/effort matrix, affinity clustering, and dot voting. When to use each, and how not to fake a consensus.

Impact / Effort Matrix↑ ImpactEffort →Quick Winshigh impact · low effortdo firstBig Betshigh impact · high effortplan & resourceFillslow impact · low effortif time allowsMoney Pitslow impact · high effortdrop

Subsections in Module 5