The Nominal Group Ranking Technique is used to rank ideas generated from brainstorming sessions.

• Once you have generated a complete list of ideas, assign a letter to each one.
• Then have participants write down the letters of half the ideas plus one on a 3 x 5 index card in descending order of what they believe are best. For example, if there are 12 ideas, each person identifies the 7 best.
• The highest score for the best idea should be given a 7, ranking each one in turn with 1 being the lowest. Any item not included on the participant's list scores 0.
• If the list of ideas is still too large, repeat this technique as many times as necessary until you arrive at a manageable list.