Either a consensus is identified, or several views are recorded for reporting. The final session of the procedure is used to develop public information, or information which can go outside the group. If they do, they then agree on the wording with which it can be communicated. This can often be done most easily be editing the summary developed when the item was first discussed. When a final wording is agreed on it can be transferred to an appropriate action sheet.
Descriptions are available in a number of articles.
The approach described above is briefer, and involves the partipants in more aspects of the process. In the 70s it was probably the most widely used diagnostic device in organisation development. Currently it is less frequently used. This document may be copied if it is not included in documents sold at a profit, and this and the following notice are included.