Welcome to the process planner

The process planner helps you choose participatory methods that are suitable to your situation. It also helps you plan your process. You answer a series of questions which are compared to a database of methods to determine which methods best fit your needs.

The process planner will suggest a list of methods. It is often a good idea to combine different methods at different stages of a decision making cycle.

Process Planner Help

You can choose between the following options:

1. The full version of the process planner contains both short online questionnaires and supporting text to help you think through the options available to you. We recommend this for new users.

2. The quick version of the process planner is limited to just the questionnaires. Choosing this option means you will be able to choose a method quicker but you will not have access to the useful supporting information. This option is mainly for advanced users.

3. The supporting information pages where you can view the guidance on planning participation processes without having to click through the questionnaires. This option will not help you choose a method.

4. To find suitable methods you can also use the methods advanced search .

If you are unable to find what you are looking for elsewhere on the site you can post a question for our experts to respond to.

Need help evaluating participation?

See our separate webguide: Making it Happen - a guide to evaluating participation.