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Top Ten decisions list
Every engineer, designer, strategist or manager should “own” a set of decisions. If you’re managing knowledge workers who are involved in the thinking that creates the future (decisions), you can empower them by making the decisions that they own explicitly … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged decision approvals, decision framing, decision implementation, decision management, decision ownership, decision status, decisions, empowerment, performance management, priorities, quick wins, rolling wave plan, thinking breakdown structure, to-do list, to-think list
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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
Simplified criteria weighting
The Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF) implements a simplified method for weighting criteria. It’s all done through a drag-drop canvas; after setting Threshold and Objective values for each factor, users can drag and drop them into priority (weighting) “bands”. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts
Tagged criteria, criteria pattern, decision, priorities, simplicity, thinking, weighting
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Weighting of decision criteria
Many of you are familiar with multi-criteria (multi-attribute) scoring methods for evaluating the alternatives in a decision. Before you can score alternatives (estimate their relative effectiveness against each factor), you should first set the relative priority of the criteria/factors. Remember … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts
Tagged criteria, decision, decision analysis, margin, priorities, relative margin valuation, weight, weighting methods
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Criteria: Use Cases to Support
Every product has a set of use cases (usage scenarios, applications, missions) that it is designed to support or enable. Obviously, a product that addressed more user needs and the needs of more users will find a larger number of … Continue reading
Decision: Relationships – My Priorities
Yesterday was an interesting day. I spent some time at a hospital and also with a fiery furnace (literally). Both settings reminded of the importance of relationships in our lives. People we love and trust and who return the favor … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Life, Decision Patterns
Tagged decision, identity, priorities, relationships, vocation
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Consumer decisions – Where do they fit?
I heard a news report yesterday that said that retailers expect over 2 million high-definition TVs to be bought just for this year’s Super Bowl. That got me thinking afresh about the place of consumer decisions in a Decision Driven® … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Life, Decision Patterns
Tagged consumer decision, context, decision, entertainment, lifestyle, priorities, resource
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