What are the steps for making a decision?

Answer 1

STEP 1: Frame your decisionAnswer these questions:

• Who is impacted by this decision?
• What information is available?
• When is the decision needed?
• What are your criteria for success?

STEP 2: Explore & create your alternativesRespond to the following:

• What is the most prevalent current option?
• What new options come to mind?

Try to identify or create 5 to 9 options.

STEP 3: Decide and commit to actEvaluate your alternatives based on your predefined success criteria and focus on answering these questions:

• How does each alternative score relative to the others for each criteria?
• Does one alternative stand out as a clear winner?

STEP 4: Implement the decision and manage the consequencesNow that you have decided, you need to commit resources to ensure decision implementation success. Focus on answering these questions:

• Who needs to know the outcome of your decision?
• What consequences are the result of this decision?

Answer 2

The steps are:

1. Put the decision you want to make into the form of a question. Understand the question. Examine every word. Think about why you want to make the decision (Example: Should I move to Detroit?)

2. Determine what the possible answers to the question could be. (Example: Should I move to Detroit? Yes, no, later, later but not now, only if I have a job. etc.)

3. List all the information you need to make the decision. (Examples: Could I find work there, what is the climate, can I afford to live there etc.) Then find out this information via the internet, talking to people who have lived in Detroit - any way you can.

4. List out the good and bad points of each possible answer. (Example: If I move I can't bring my dog, Ill need new winter clothes, I can work at my uncle's factory, I can live with my cousin etc.)

5. The answer with the most positive aspects or outcomes is the one you should be most happy with if you have been honest with yourself on the pluses and minuses.

Answer 3

the DECIDE process ..

D- define the problem

E- explore the alternatives

C- consider the consequences

I- identify your values

D- decide and act

E- evauate the results

Answer 4

Pros and Cons list. The classic way to do this. If one side outweighs the other, the decision is clear. If it's about even, then just follow your heart, and what you believe feels right. Also you need to take into consideration who the decision may affect, your motivations for the choices in the first place, and the possible consequences of making it. If you're religious, I'd say pray about it.