BFA implementation guide: The pros and cons of taking BFA individually or as a group


As a group

Pros

  • Good learning opportunity
  • Individuals may learn about existing institutional efforts of which they were not aware
  • Additional epiphanies triggered by other responses

Cons

  • Time-consuming
  • Groupthink may suppress individual voices
  • Potential scheduling challenges

Pros

  • Get purer baseline of knowledge
  • Engage more individuals, especially those who may be less likely to speak in a larger group setting
  • Efficient, time-wise

Cons

  • Each member may work under different definitions of terms/scale
  • Individuals may not know if or how deep something is happening in an area where they are not involved