The hallmark of successful ADR is promotion of early and inexpensive dispute resolution. This definition excludes binding adjudication of any form.
Mediation is the most widely used consensual procedure and is the presumptive procedure of choice.
Depending on how it is structured and conducted, mediation can include elements of evaluation. In the end, the process of evaluating the dispute for ADR rather than the result of that process may provide the most guidance in exercising that judgment. However, in multiparty litigation a recalcitrant party occasionally may make effective ADR impossible.