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Table 1 Potential factors and perspectives that could be used in stakeholder negotiations

From: When is good, good enough? Methodological pragmatism for sustainable guideline development

Factors

Perspectives

Benefits of specific guideline methodologies

Stakeholders (e.g., patients, developers, end-users)

Problems of specific guideline methodologies

Purpose of guideline

Quality, credibility, and implementability of resulting guideline document

Available time frame

Alternatives and their consequences

Logistics of changing the methodologies (e.g., adding or eliminating steps)

Overall guideline quality, credibility, implementability

  1. Adapted from Bach [11].