dot voting problem

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+title: "The problem with dot voting"
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+date: 2022-01-24 09:10:00 +0700
+categories: collaboration
+tags: collaboration
+author: "Budi Tanrim"
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+While dot voting appears as a quick and democratic decision-making tool, it has flaws.
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+An obvious flaw is when a person votes on idea A, you get influenced—you see idea A more valuable. People often add their dots where everyone else has dotted. It's a Bandwagon effect in action.
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+A common criticism is vote-splitting. It is that the team is unable to see the relationship between options. As a result, the team might come to a false conclusion.
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+src="https://buditanrim.co/img/post/2022/vote-splitting.jpg" 
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+Another flaw is dot voting makes us see ideas as equal options. In reality, some ideas have different efforts and different levels of unknowns. If idea B requires larger effort than idea C, why would we see them as an equal option?
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+Consider to see dot voting as a discussion tool, not for making decisions. If you want, it's better to classify the votes such as:
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+1.  Green for most impactful.
+2.  Blue for low-hanging fruit.
+3.  Red for an innovative idea that potentially can be a differentiator.
+4.  Yellow for ideas we want to park.
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+But if that's the case, probably better to use a quadrant.
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