Decision patterns: thoughts from the bleeding edge

Rather than writing a well-formed teaching topic, today I share some less-structured thoughts on what the world looks like from the bleeding edge of decision patterns.

Where have all the early adopters gone?  Everyone seems to be playing it very safe on the job right now; they have a very short-term (quarterly budget or get through [...]

More roadmapping enhancements

Yesterday I explained the logic behind 2 ways to “colorize” roadmaps based on Preference (commitment level, decideness) and Implementation Status.  This wasn’t a theoretical discussion - today I released an enhanced roadmap feature within the Decision Driven® Strategy and Life web services that supports both schemes.  I also added support for very large browser sizes (1600 x [...]

Align Roadmaps feature released

Yesterday, I released the new Align Roadmaps feature for the Decision Driven® Strategy and Decision Driven® Life web services.  This feature will enable you to build a set of linked roadmaps, i.e. to time-align the alternatives across multiple decisions.  The most common use of this in business is to produce a set of technology roadmaps [...]

Strategic roadmapping jump-start service

In conjunction with the enriched Align Roadmaps capability within the Decision Driven® Strategy web service, I’m re-launching a new consulting service, a Strategic Roadmapping Jump-Start.  I’ve delivered many variants of this service with high-tech clients over the last decade, but I’m really excited about offering this service now that I have a powerful, but simple-to-use [...]

Drain the swamp

People are really, really busy these days.  The best and brightest workers are the busiest; the reward for great work is more work.  Everyone seems so busy fighting operational fires that they have almost no time to invest in strategic decisions that will create a better future.  Yet they must …
To mix in a few more [...]

Translating methods into software

I take note that whenever I do a burst of software development to enhance the Decision Driven® Strategy and Life web services, my blogging suffers.  I think that’s because software prototyping, coding and debugging focuses the mind on very small scale decisions, implementation details and problem analysis on why the last coding change produces such [...]

Just released - Compare Alternatives - Spider Chart

I have just released the new Compare Alternatives capability to both the Decision Driven® Strategy and Decision Driven Life web services.  You can now toggle between 2 different comparison views:
Tornado Chart: This chart compares the relative effectiveness of any pair of alternatives.  It displays their advantages/disadvantages in a simple bar chart format that highlights the [...]

New features coming in July

I started work this week on 2 new features that will show up in both Decision Driven® Strategy and Life during July.
First, I’m adding a second Compare Alternatives chart.  The current alternative comparison uses a Tornado Diagram to enable users to compare the relative advantages of any pair of alternatives.  It does a great job [...]

Restructuring of decision patterns

I’ve have just released a new version of Decision Driven® Strategy and Decision Driven® Life with Decision and Criteria Clipboards.  I added these capability to enable users to have greater flexibility when adapting decision patterns to their specific circumstances.
Over the years, I’ve discovered that every business strategy or product design is comprised of substantially the same set [...]

New report generator is now available

I’m pleased to announce that we have released a new report generator for both Decision Driven® Strategy and Decision Driven® Life today.  Users may now publish 2 types of reports for their decisions:
Summary Table - An Excel spreadsheet that captures the full decision model or any branch.  This is a “big picture” report that includes [...]