Decision-Making Techniques in Groups

This video tutorial on PMViolence.com explores group decision-making techniques, focusing on examples of unanimity, dictatorship, plurality, and majority. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these techniques for project management, particularly in the context of the collect requirements process. The video also provides links to additional resources for further learning.

What is the main focus of the video tutorial mentioned in the introduction?

• Cost estimation techniques

• Risk management strategies

• Project scheduling methods

• Group decision-making techniques

Which process is the group decision-making technique a part of?

• Project initiation

• Risk assessment

• Collect requirements

• Quality control

In the unanimity decision-making technique, what is required for a decision to be made?

• Plurality of votes

• Majority agreement

• Decision by a single authority

• Unanimous agreement

What characterizes the dictatorship decision-making technique?

• Random selection

• Consensus among all members

• Decision by a single authority

• Majority vote

Which technique is used when a senior director mandates a requirement?

• Majority

• Dictatorship

• Unanimity

• Plurality

How are decisions made in the plurality decision-making technique?

• By a single authority

• By unanimous agreement

• By majority vote

• By the highest number of votes

What is the key difference between plurality and majority decision-making techniques?

• Plurality requires a single authority

• Majority requires more than half to agree

• Majority requires the highest number of votes

• Plurality requires unanimous agreement

Which decision-making technique involves selecting the top choices from a list?

• Majority

• Plurality

• Dictatorship

• Unanimity

What happens when more than half of the group supports a requirement in the majority technique?

• The requirement is discarded

• The requirement is included

• The requirement is put to a vote again

• The requirement is decided by a single authority

What is the outcome when a requirement receives the highest number of votes in plurality?

• It is excluded from the project scope

• It is included in the project scope

• It is decided by a single authority

• It is put to a unanimous vote