Chapter . Job Aid

Conflict Assessment Tool

The assessment is a valuable tool. The process gives the parties their first chance to be heard, and it also helps the facilitator begin to understand the issues.

Party/Group Name:

Names of stakeholders

 

What are the issues they identify?

 

What is their position on these issues?

 

What needs are they trying to satisfy?

 

What options do they have to meet those needs?

 

What power do they hold over determining the outcome?

 

What is their deadline to make a decision?

 

How important is a solution to them?

 

Where is there room to negotiate?

 

What is their BATNA (Best Alternative To A Negotiated Agreement)?

 

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