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Criteria: Product Concept
The decision pattern within the Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF) web service includes 2 kinds of data: Decisions – a Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS) comprised of 200+ decisions arranged into a model that represents the strongest decision-to-decision relationships (typical cross-constraints) … Continue reading
Decisions reduce complexity
My grandson Luke (4) is actively working out the cause-effect relationships that govern his world. He recently told his mom, “I need to drink more water, I’m constitrated“. Beyond the humorous combination of constipated + concentrated, he had discerned that his … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Life
Tagged alternatives, cause-effect, complexity, controls, criteria, decision, estimate, evaluate, factors, focus, frame, life, life decision, pattern, simplify, simulate, variables
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True and useful
Yesterday I spent most of the day populating the product development (solution design, systems engineering) decisions that are a big part of the Decision Driven® Solutions decision pattern. I added a branch of decisions that form the bridge between science … Continue reading
Posted in Big Ideas, Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns, Use Cases or Applications
Tagged align, breakthrough, decision, decision science, design, engineering, innovation, pattern, product development, requirements, science, solution, systems engineering, thinking, true, useful
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Decision patterns enable agile thinking
Over the past 20+ years, I’ve developed a large portfolio of decision patterns. As a consultant to high-tech industries, I’m often thrown into situations where I’m not a technical expert and I’m in a room filled with lots of folks … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns
Tagged agile, agile thinking, agility, analysis paralysis, blitz, capability, decision, decision pattern, design, domain expert, mental model, model, pattern, Situation Appraisal, situational awareness, snapshot, solution, strategy, subject matter expert
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Decision management is more than decision-making
There are two fundamental ways to use our Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF), decision management and decision-making. Most individuals are looking for quick wins and will naturally jump into decision-making. That’s the process of thinking through and committing to a … Continue reading
Posted in Big Ideas, Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alignment, analysis, common sense, concerns, decision, decision management, decision model, decision pattern, decision-making, issues, life, model, Pareto, pattern, requirement, roadmap, separate, skills, strategy, trivial many, vital few
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Avoiding either-or binary decisions
People often state a personal or professional decision as an either-or or binary (2 alternative) proposition. Should I build a new house or stay where I’m at (do nothing)? Should I build a new custom home or buy an existing house … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged alternatives, binary, creative thinking, creativity, decision, decision framing, either-or, framing, hybrid, off-the-shelf, pattern, solutions, tunnel vision
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New Demo: Decision Patterns
We have added a new demo on Decision Patterns under the Demos tab on the blog and will soon add this demo to the Decision Driven® Life site. Decision patterns are a framework of decisions (fundamental questions that demand a … Continue reading
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Tagged decision, decision model, decision pattern, pattern, portfolio
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Decision Breakdown Structure and Decision Networks
The central view of information in the Decision Driven Solutions Framework (DDSF) is called a Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS). But the DBS is a lot more than just a way to display a decision model; it represents a way to … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Life, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns
Tagged decision, decision network, design, issue, Kepner-Tregoe, life, model, pattern, rational process, Situation Appraisal, strategy, systems engineering, thinking, thinking breakdown structure, WBS, work breakdown structure
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Proactive Decision-making
For much of my early life, decisions were a surprise. They popped up spontaneously like a fork in the road, seemingly out of nowhere. They usually had a deadline that I had to scramble to meet. I had to quickly … Continue reading
Why Life before Strategy?
Several folks who have experience with the business use of Decision Driven® methods (Strategy, Design, Innovation, Architecture) have wondered why I launched Decision Driven® Life before Strategy. Obviously, businesses are used to paying for tools that help them succeed; individuals … Continue reading
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Tagged decision, decision pattern, life, life skills, pattern, simplify, strategy
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