Decision Making Articles

Use the Fist of Five to Test for Consensus on Contextual Issues

The Fist of Five approach combines the speed of thumbs up/ down and displays the degrees of agreement that can support more complicated decision spectrums. Using this tool, people vote using their...

How to Facilitate Prioritization and Build Consensus Quickly (or, MoSCoW)

Strongly encouraged by Steve Jobs, as mentioned in his biography by Walter Isaacson, here is how to facilitate reducing some possible actions a team should consider, down to the final three or four...

Facilitate Consensual Prioritization Using a Perceptual Map

A perceptual map works well when the PowerBall approach is not robust enough, yet many of your attributes and criteria remain fuzzy and subjective. Thus we are able to help a team compare and...

Data Transformation — How to convert a single piece of data into a visual display of 16 elements

With data transformation, each piece of data or single cell might be decomposed into another layer. Amplify this approach even further by splitting your four cells into sixteen. Therefore, see the...

Quantitative SWOT Analysis (TO-WS) Makes it Easier & Faster to Build Consensus

Nov 3, 2016 | Analysis Methods, Decision Making, Meeting Structure, Prioritizing

Quantitative SWOT analysis contrasts the internal, controllable aspects of the organization (i.e., Strengths and...

Lead and Facilitate Root Cause Analysis that Leads Directly to Innovation

Sep 1, 2016 | Decision Making, Prioritizing, Problem Solving

By using root cause analysis, you can develop Critical to Quality (CTQ), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and...

Use the Fist of Five to Test for Consensus on Contextual Issues

Aug 4, 2016 | Decision Making, Meeting Support, Meeting Tools

The Fist of Five approach combines the speed of thumbs up/ down and displays the degrees of agreement that can support...

How to Facilitate Decision-Making Using Pros and Cons

Communication Skills, Decision Making, Facilitation Skills, Managing Conflict, Meeting Tools, Planning Approach, Problem Solving

First, here is the traditional Pros and Cons method according to its creator, Benjamin Franklin: “For pros and cons,...

How to Facilitate Requirements Gathering and Prevent Omissions

Analysis Methods, Decision Making

When products or projects are accused of poor requirements gathering, the accusation is normally false. The...

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