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Decision Driven® Information Architecture
Many of my previous posts have described the relationships among various types of knowledge: decisions, criteria, alternatives, requirements, risks, plans, etc. There’s method (actually science) to my madness; here’s the Decision Driven® Information Architecture that I believe illustrates how decisions … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternatives, analysis tasks, criteria, decision, decision context, decision data, derived requirements, implementation tasks, information architecture, information model, issues, knowledge management, models, opportunities, opportunity growth, performance estimates, product development, requirements, risk mitigation, risks, strategy, systems engineering, traceability
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Common decision analysis errors
Yesterday I highlighted some common mistakes associated with failure to proactively identify and plan your decisions before diving into decision analysis. Even if you have correctly focused on a high-priority, well-framed decision (successfully answered the “What do we need to … Continue reading
All requirements are derived requirements
Every requirement that you will ever face can be traced to an upstream decision; all requirements are derived requirements. I used to offer students in my Decision Driven® Design workshops a large cash prize if they could name a requirement that … Continue reading
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
Decision Patterns: Rapid Idea Framing
You can use decision patterns to very quickly frame out any idea for a new product, service or capability. I just blitzed through the service design decision pattern for a new service offering that I’m contemplating. This decision pattern contains … Continue reading
Scoring alternatives – keep it simple
The evaluation of alternatives in a decision should be a simple process that unlocks many insights. Effective scoring begins with a clear definition of criteria. Each criterion (factor, stakeholder goal) represents an arrow or vector in the direction of “goodness”. Scoring is … Continue reading
Rapid scoring of alternatives
Everyone wants to make quick, high quality decisions. It’s important to find a balance between “analysis paralysis” and “speed kills”. For example, I encourage the folks that I mentor to take their time when defining criteria; understanding their stakeholders’ needs, … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternatives, analysis paralysis, criteria, criteria pattern, decision, evaluation, pros-cons, rapid scoring, speed, speed kills, stakeholders, strengths-weaknesses, think it through
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Decision precision
I’ve coached folks in making a several thousand strategy, engineering or life decisions over the past 20 years. In most cases, we have used a simple weighted-scoring method to evaluate the relative “goodness” of alternatives against a set of criteria. Criteria are … Continue reading
Influencing others – truthfully
I occasionally get irate at TV commercials (ask my wife). When I look across the landscape of our economy, it seems that 90% of all selling (from businesses, politicians and pulpits) involves lies, distortions, exaggerations, conflations, fine print and half-truths. Or more kindly, … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Life
Tagged alternatives, criteria, decision, decision pattern, evaluate, honesty, influencing, logic, passion, selling, simulate, think, truth
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