What are the steps of the decision making process?

Answer:

STEP 1: Frame your decision

Answer 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 alternatives

Respond 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 act

Evaluate 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 consequences

Now 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?
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