The Nominal Group Technique for planning and problem solving

The Nominal Group Technique is a useful planning and problem-solving process that should be part of every biocommunications manager's repertoire of group managerial skills. The NGT process is designed for those situations where individual judgments must be tapped and combined to arrive at decisions which cannot be calculated by one person. It is a problem-solving or idea-generating strategy that involves silent generation of ideas which are then recorded and ranked by the group.