A tier list the whole room fills in.
Put your list on the big screen and let everybody rank it at once, privately, from their phones. Then open the board — and the row worth talking about is not the one you all agreed on, it is the one that split you down the middle.
What actually helped you in your first month?
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people ranking
Nobody sees anybody else's board until the reveal.
How it works
- 01
Write the list, name the rows
Up to forty things to rank, into two to six rows. Keep S/A/B/C if you want the shorthand the room already knows, or rename them to must-have, nice-to-have and no.
- 02
Everyone ranks in private
Each person fills in their own board on their phone and sees nobody else's. All the big screen shows is how many have finished, so nobody ranks in reaction to somebody else's ranking.
- 03
Open the board
One press puts the aggregate up: where the room put each thing, and how far apart you were about it.
The disagreement is the finding
A tier list made by one person settles nothing, because everyone who reads it can see it is one person's opinion arranged neatly. A tier list made by forty people at the same time is a different object: it says where the room actually is, and it was produced faster than the meeting you were going to have about it.
The number to look at is the spread, not the row. An item can sit in the middle because everybody thinks it is middling, or because half the room put it at the top and half put it at the bottom — and those two rooms need completely different conversations. Averaging them into the same row is what a show of hands does to you. Here the split stays visible, and it is usually the most useful thing on the screen.
That is also why the ranking happens in silence. The moment one person's board is visible, the rest of the room starts ranking against it rather than against the list, and the disagreement you were trying to surface quietly disappears before you get to see it.
FAQ
Tier List, explained
Can I make a tier list on my own with this?
You can, but it is not what it is for. A tier list made by one person is a picture of one opinion, and there are plenty of tools for that. This one is built for a room: everyone ranks the same list at the same time, and the board you end up with is a measurement rather than an argument you have already won.
How many tiers can I have, and can I rename them?
Two to six rows, top row first, and you name all of them. S/A/B/C is the default because it is the vocabulary most rooms already have, but the same activity runs a prioritisation just as well once the rows say must-have, nice-to-have and no.
What does the spread number mean?
How much the room disagreed about that one thing. Two items can land in the same row for opposite reasons: thirty people who all thought it was fine, or fifteen who put it top and fifteen who put it bottom. A low spread means you agree. A high spread is the row worth stopping on.
Can somebody leave an item unranked?
Yes, and it is on by default. Forcing a placement on something nobody has an opinion about manufactures data you will later mistake for a signal — so an item can be left in the tray, and the board reports how many people actually ranked it.
Can people see each other's rankings while they rank?
No. Until you reveal, every phone shows only its own board and the big screen shows only a count of how many people have finished. Everything about the aggregate arrives at once, on your press.
What can I use it to rank?
Anything the room has an opinion about and cannot settle in a meeting: next quarter's roadmap items, which parts of the onboarding actually helped, the office snacks. The prioritisation version and the silly version are the same activity, and the silly one is a good way to teach the room how it works before the one that matters.
Do participants need an app or an account?
No. They scan a QR code or open a link and rank in their phone's browser. Nothing to install and no sign-up.
How many people can join?
The Free plan supports up to 50 participants per live activity, Pro raises that to 150, and Badass supports up to 300 — enough for a full classroom or an all-hands.
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