The dialogues that are central to promise-based management allow people from disparate backgrounds to achieve a common understanding of what needs to be done.
A next step in the process could be to include the landowners in discussions of the proposals as well as alternative solutions, their costs, negative impacts, and benefits to achieve a common understanding of the alternatives among the landowners and the civil servants.
The facilitator directed the discussion to consider a number of questions, and focused attention on achieving a common understanding of these questions and their answers [ 17].
Given the urgent need for conceptual clarity, Van den Akker and colleagues' definition of multimorbidity should be refined and advanced to achieve a common understanding.
The CCA process allows countries to think and work together to achieve a common understanding for a country's development challenges and to identify new ideas and opportunities together with national authorities, civil society and development partners.
The nominal group meetings were led by a member of the research team who facilitated discussion to cover the key questions, and focused attention on achieving a common understanding of these questions and their answers, whilst two other researchers, acting as participant observers, took notes.
By achieving a common understanding (horizontal dotted lines) of the SDM steps among all parties involved, and recognizing their various contributions to the process, there will be improved success in reaching a shared decision that is informed by evidence and based on what matters most to clients.
Internetworking is achieved by a common understanding of protocols.
