How are different community perspectives represented?
The preparatory phase (i.e. stakeholder analysis and community organizing) is crucial to assuring a fair representation of different interests during the conduct of the exercise(s). Skilled facilitation is needed to deal with individuals or groups, who may want to impose their views or vested interests. In the case of conflicting and non-negotiable information sets, P3DM offers the opportunity to superimpose information sets by using different coding means (e.g. colored yarns).