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Stop the brain drain
As Baby Boomers retire in increasing numbers, there’s an amazing wealth of knowledge that will be lost from many successful organizations. In some cases, this matters little – an industry may be experiencing rapid technology change or significant business model … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged baby boomers, brain drain, corporate memory, decision framework, decision management, innovation framework, knowledge capture, knowledge framework, knowledge management, organizational learning, reverse engineering, roadmap, roadmapping service, shelf life, strategy baseline, strategy roadmap, succession planning
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Visible assumptions
When folks don’t know what to call something or where it fits in the scheme of things, they tend to throw it into a big bucket or list of assumptions. This happens most frequently when they are attempting to understand … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns
Tagged assumptions, business case, business plan, decision, decision context, decision network, due diligence, estimate, forecast, future, information model, projection, scenario
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Trade studies
If you have worked as or with a systems engineer from the Defense and Aerospace industries, you have very likely heard the term “trade study” used to describe a type of design analysis and the white paper or report that … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged decision, decision analysis, decision frame, decision scope, design margin, modeling, problem domain, product design, prototype, simulation, solution space, spider chart, systems engineer, systems engineering, tornado chart, trade space, trady study, white paper
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Control requirements volatility with decision baselines
Requirements volatility is one of the classical problems encountered in systems engineering and new product development. Changes in requirements that occur or are discovered after the design has started can lead to costly delays, rework, project cancellation or even failures … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged constraints, decision baseline, decision network, decision pattern, decisions, derived requirements, product development, requirements, requirements baseline, requirements volatility, root cause analysis, systems engineering, traceability
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Every decision is an oppportunity to innovate
I’m driven to innovate; I’m always asking “How could this be done or made better?”. Most of my innovations have come in the area of methods – improving how individuals or groups think to create the future. I naturally see patterns; … Continue reading
Decision patterns as a consulting services differentiator
Although I’m somewhat biased, I believe decision patterns are the ultimate differentiator for anyone who offers consulting services. Decision patterns are a form of high-level knowledge capture and reuse; they distill out the essence of the thinking that has worked … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns, Use Cases or Applications
Tagged alternative, architecture decisions, collaboration, consulting, consulting services, decision baseline, decision framing, decision network, decision tree, domain expertise, innovation framework, knowledge management, portfolio decisions, problem domain, reverse engineering, solution space, thinking breakdown structure
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Pareto’s Law applied to decisions
When I demonstrate the Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF) web application, I sometimes get pushback when folks see the Decision Management windows/tools/panels: Criteria: Seeds the decision with proven pattern of ~10 factors to consider; enables the user to define their … Continue reading
Reverse engineering a decision and roadmap baseline
Nearly all of my consulting engagements start with the same task – reverse engineering a strategic baseline for the client’s business or project from whatever source documents they can provide. The initial output of this effort is an explicitly defined … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternative, business case, business plan, consulting, decision, decision baseline, decision framework, decision network, decision pattern, due diligence, reverse engineering, roadmap baseline, strategy baseline
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Decision: Course Concept
To better serve educational institutions and businesses or non-profits with a training focus, there is a Courseware decision pattern available in the Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF). This provides a set of courseware design decisions for each training course, beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns
Tagged action learning, courseware design, curriculum, curriculum design, decision framework, decision pattern, innovation framework, instructional design, learning modules, skills delivery platform, teaching method, training portfolio, workshops
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Strategic Due Diligence – Decisions are the ultimate leading indicators
In its most common usage, a leading indicator is defined as a metric that changes before the economy has changed, i.e. one that gives an advance notice of a change that is about to occur. Your decisions create your future. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged assumptions, business case, business plan, decision, decision baseline, decision pattern, decision quality, decision rationale, due diligence, entrepreneurs, investment, leading indicator, mentoring, operational excellence, operational performance, reverse engineer, roadmap, start-ups, strategic due diligence, strategic excellence, trends
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