Pair Wise Ranking – ERMIS Africa Ltd

PICD MODULES

2.0 Participatory Intergrated Development Process

2.3.6 Pair-wise Ranking

Step 1: Request the participants to construct a matrix and use symbols to depict the various life aspects that they need improve within the community. These could:

Health (construction of a hospital)
Education (construction of a school)
Household Income (Vegetable gardening)
Water (construction of an intake)
Road construction (Grading of local road)
Agriculture Processing (vegetable packaging plant)

Step 2: Request participants to arrange the issues in a matrix vertically (along the first column) and horizontally (across the first row)

A criterion is scoring is developed which would include:

a) Low investment

b) Can be financed by local community through their low saving

c) Can address household issues quickly

Step 3: Compare two proposed development actions at a time and select the one that meets the defined criteria

Step 4: Count the number of times each proposed development action is preferred

Step 5: Rank the optional development actions in terms of positions by assigning:

The highest preferred as position 1
Second preferred as position 2
Up to the last preferred as position 7

2.3.7 Visioning matrix

Step 1: Request the participant to construct a matrix by arranging the priority actions, which were highly ranked in the pair-wise ranking, on the first column and time frame (past 40 years, Present and Preferred Future 10 years) across the first row.

Step 2: Ask the participants to use counters or symbols to depict the past and present status and how they would like the future to be.

Step 3: The participants are then asked the question in the text box below with regards to

How they came from past to present
What need to done to move from present to preferred future

Table 2: Visioning Matrix

Period Issue (aspect)	Past (40 years)	Present	Preferred future (10 years with action)
Education			
Water			
Crop Production			