Please be patient while we create a copy of this decision for you...
| Name | Description |
| Speed | How fast is this approach? How quickly can this approach resolve the issue? |
| Results | How good are the results? Include the level of confidence that you want to have in the results. |
| Will funnel you toward your best choice and away from bad ones | Will this quickly eliminate the worst choices and allow you to focus your efforts on the most promising options? |
| Keeps details from being overlooked | Does this keep small but important details from being overlooked? For instance, would it prevent you from overlooking the insurance cost on a new car purchase? |
| Can determine the optimal choices even if there is a lot of missing information | Some approaches fall apart quickly if any data is missing. Others allow you to waste effort on criteria that ultimately do not impact the decision results. |
| Generates helpful explanatory charts | Some people think in pictures. Does this generate charts and graphs that clearly convey the decision criteria and the performance of the candidates? |
| Generates helpful reports | Does this generate helpful checklists, lists of unaddressed issues and summary reports? |
| Makes the reasons for the final decision clear to everyone | Does this have the ability to clearly present the reasoning of the decision maker(s) to other interested parties? |
| Allows you to easily defend your decision | Does this fit into an approach where criteria can be decided ahead of time so you can say “We all agreed to this beforehand?” |
| Process Features | Does this approach have desirable features and options? |
| Will consistently reflect and utilize your stated values and goals | Will continue to use the criteria and levels of importance that you set up initially, until told to do otherwise. |
| Supports easy modification and review of a decision as more information becomes available | Can you go back and review and or edit previously collected data, including your notes and comments? |
| Utilizes pre-loaded advice from experts and researchers | Does this approach save you time and money by letting you use pre-loaded knowledge from people who have researched the decision you are trying to make? |
| Can handle lots of alternatives and not accidentally overlook one | Lots of alternatives do not overload the process or cause something important to be overlooked. |
| Can handle and control politics and intuition | Can “political” considerations and intuition be factored into the process? Can their impact in the final decision be measured? |
| Supports easy collaboration with others | Can others easily share in this decision? Can different participants have different amounts of influence in the final decision? |
| Easily supports various levels of decision detail | Can the level of decision detail vary as you “narrow down” you list of options? |
| Minimizes additional work as you narrow in on your best choice | As you eliminate some options, do you have to do more work than you should in order to go into more detail on the remaining options? |
| Utilizes the latest decision making science | Is this process respected amongst people who are experts in the decision sciences? |
| Cost | How much money and time does this process take? |
| Monetary Cost | How much out of pocket money does this approach cost? |
| Time Investment | How much time is required to learn and use this process? |
This site is intended as an informational tool only and should be used in consultation with appropriate professional advisors.
Please be patient while we create a copy of the 'Choose How to Make a Decision' scenario for you...
