CAPM Practice: Determine how to gather requirements

Participatory design involves users directly in design activities — sketching interfaces, defining workflows, co-creating prototypes. This produces more usable solutions and stronger user ownership of the outcome than approaches where users are only consulted.

**Why not B:** A technique for facilitating conflict resolution between stakeholders is facilitation or negotiation, not participatory design. Participatory design specifically involves end users as active co-designers of the solution, not as conflicting parties needing mediation.

**Why not C:** Requiring all stakeholders to participate equally in project management decisions describes a governance model, not participatory design. Participatory design focuses on involving end users in the design of the solution itself, not in project management decisions.

**Why not D:** Having the development team participate in business strategy discussions is cross-functional collaboration, not participatory design. Participatory design centers on end users co-designing the solution — leveraging their domain expertise to create more usable products.