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This was a tough choice as there are answers which explain multi-voting well but without an example and vice versa. Considering that the question explicitly asked for an example, the winning answer has been selected from Chaitanya Shankar Nemani. Plus there is another common limitation in multi-voting - Bias. Voting can be influenced. Finally, while there is a school of thought that believes multi-voting and NGT are same (and some of your answers did reflect that), there is another that feels otherwise. While both the tools appear to be similar, they are different. I guess it is obvious as to which school I belong to P.S. The 2 different thought schools were not a part of decision criteria.

Multi voting is one of the effective methods to refine and select the best amongst many or during the situation of multiple available choices/items/ideas/proposals etc. There are 3 benefits of multi voting :- 1) Sequencing/Ranking the most important amongst all a. Choosing the first & best top items b. Selecting what goes first and followed by the next (preferably action items) 2) Elimination of least priorities 3) Categorization or structuring of items to various buckets/units Multi voting follows 3 steps (AVR) :- Agenda – Clearly defining the purpose of voting, selecting the voters, orienting the procedure of voting Voting – Choice Selection, Sequencing, Categorization (based on Voter’s knowledge & Judgment) Result – Evaluation Structuring & Execution The motto of this technique is to make good decisions to breed satisfactory result/outcome or to prioritize the sequential best actions. Though multi voting technique has greater significance, it pushes some limitations :- - If the constraints of voting methods not addressed appropriately - If the Voters Judgement & Analysis failed to select/rank the choices - If the committee don’t re-evaluate the outcomes which have some un important/unfavorable choices Example :- The General Manager of a Business Unit was very happy with the Team’s performance and Business growth. GM want to appreciate for the Teams’ contribution and wanted to gift the team. He used multi voting technique to rank the choices amongst them so that team can feel they are recognized and sense satisfactory rewards. GM has good amount of budget to gift more than 1 item as per their choice of reward and has a plan to satisfy the team within the approved limit. GM opened the voting for all the team members (30 members) Apparel Vouchers – priority choice of 8 votes Electronic Gift Items – priority choice of 2 votes Team Outing in a resort – priority choice of 7 votes Taxable Bonus – priority choice of 10 votes 5 days’ vacation (Compensated PTO) – priority choice of 3 votes In the above voting, team members gave their priority of reward in the below sequence :- 1st = Taxable Bonus 2nd = Apparel Vouchers 3rd = Team Outing in a resort 4th = 5 days’ vacation (Compensated PTO) 5th = Electronic Gift Items Thus, GM found a way to reward the team members with rankings. Other perspectives in the above example :- - The complexity of voting or number of voting round increases if there is, a) Only 1 item must be selected amongst the extensive or a greater number of choices b) Very less budget. (Requires more refinement through elimination of bottom/least choices) c) Reward choice should be highly satisfied by the team members or missing of their desired choice d) Alternate choices allowed - Teams feedback must be taken even after declaring the choice to do well next time while rewarding them.