Perspectives

Every decision is influenced by others. Sometimes it’s other people; sometimes it is other organizational entities, like departments in a corporation. Take other’s opinions into account in your decision making process. It is valuable information. It doesn’t mean that you should let others make the decision for you, but an effective decision maker takes other’s views into account, even when they conflict.

For example, if you are choosing a college it may be that one of your choices has a very active fraternity environment. You can tell DecisionPlanner that and rate it as a “Pro” for that alternative’s factor. However, your parent may look at that same fact and rate it a “Con”. It’s valuable to know.

The current version of DecisionPlanner allows you to identify your perspectives. And, through the Notes field, you can enter their opinions on your decision. A future version will allow you to enter their opinion by factor – enabling them to rate an alternative’s factor separately from your rating (if it’s a subjective opinion on a scale from 1 to 5, for example, and not a fact) and also indicating whether that factor’s value is a “Pro” or a “Con”.

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