Make Money - Share Your Expertise on DecisionPlanner

Do you want to make money by helping others make important decisions? Do you want to grow your business by sharing expertise to help people with their decision making challenges?

DecisionPlanner can make that happen! Create a decision in DecisionPlanner and turn it into a model so you can share it with others. You can choose 3 different programs – from simply sharing it with others to putting your logo and contact information on it, in addition to charging others for using it.

People need help in the decision making process. Some people are put off by the daunting nature of collecting the information needed to make a good decision. They worry whether they have considered all the relevant factors. They worry whether they have listed all the possible alternatives. They worry whether they have considered all the angles. You could give people a significant head start in the process.

Help others identify their decision's perspectives: Who will have a say in their decision? Who will have a stake in the outcome of their decision? You may have experience that will allow them to consider perspectives they might have overlooked.

Help others develop their list of alternatives. We have all heard the phrase “think outside the box” - Help your customers or clients think outside the box. If you have a product or service to sell, be sure this is included in the list of alternatives. By honestly portraying your alternative as one of many, you will generate more business.

Decision criteria, or factors, are the specific measures that they will use to determine which alternative is their best choice. It is important to identify all the factors relevant to a decision if you want to do a thorough job. People have a hard time getting this right. They don't always consider all the right criteria and make less than ideal choices because of it. If you have a product or service available, make sure to list the factors that showcase your offering, but don't list only those factors. People will see through that. You'll benefit in the long run by providing value-added criteria, not just that criteria that makes your product the only choice.

Take the factors that are relevant to the decision and assign a desired value to each of them. It helps if you can think of the factors in simple terms: the factor target as a number, or a Yes / No answer, or as a value on a scale from 1 - 5. This is not completely necessary, but it does allow people to objectively compare the factor's desired value with the alternatives' actual values in a methodical way.

Go to DecisionPlanner today and use your experience to create a decision that can be used as a model for others. You will benefit from the knowledge that you have helped others through a difficult decision and perhaps make a profit doing so.

Would you like help with decision making? Try DecisionPlanner at www.decisionplanner.com.

New Feature: Paired Rankings!

The latest version of DecisionPlanner has a new feature called paired rankings. You enter your alternatives and DecisionPlanner walks you through each combination and asks for a vote.

Various studies have shown that people have a much easier time choosing between two options than they do ranking a list of three or more options. Our common sense tells us this would be the case.

Therefore, if you have more than two alternatives, a valuable technique is to put the alternatives into pairs and choose between two at a time. For example, if you have three alternatives (A,B, C), first choose between A and B, then A and C, then B and C - only two at a time. Score one point for each alternative when you choose it. The alternative with the most points is your preferred solution. This technique gives you a more accurate ranking of your alternatives. The power of this technique increases with the number of alternatives you have to consider.

You can also do this paired ranking technique by perspective. A perspective is anyone, or any entity (a department in your company, for example), that has a stake In the outcome of your decision. Have each perspective go through the paired ranking process. You may find agreement, but even If you do not, you'll end up with a ranking of the alternatives that will give you a sound basis to continue the decision making process.

Would you like help with decision making? Try DecisionPlanner at www.yoopersoft.com.

Check out the latest version of DecisionPlanner!

Yoopersoft is proud to announce the latest version of DecisionPlanner. It is available at www.yoopersoft.com.

DecisionPlanner now offers Decision Modeling. Help people make decisions by sharing your expertise. Create a decision model for others to copy. There are three programs available, two of which can allow you to make some money and build your own business.

DecisionPlanner now has a wizard that makes it easier to enter information related to your decision. Simply answer the questions on the screen and click the next button. You’ll get feedback early and often. DecisionPlanner will offer recommendations and rank your alternatives early in the process and often as you give it more information.

One of the most powerful new techniques used in DecisionPlanner is paired rankings. If you have more than two alternatives, or more than one perspective, paired rankings offers a superior method of ranking you options. The theory is that you can choose between two options far easier than you can rank a list of more than two options. Based on this, we present each combination of options and ask, by perspective, you to choose which of the two you prefer. After each combination has been presented, DecisionPlanner ranks you alternatives and offers recommendations such as eliminating alternatives that received absolutely no votes or even adding alternatives and perspectives if it’s appropriate. If this process gives you a clear solution, great! If not, it’s on to the next technique: Pro-con analysis.

Pro-con analysis asks you for the factors, or decision criteria, you will use to decide. Each factor is then designated as a “pro” or a “con” for each alternative. Based on this, DecisionPlanner will once again rank your alternatives and offer recommendations.

The final and most powerful technique is the Analytical analysis. For those of you who have used DecisionPlanner already, this is the tool you are already familiar with. The analytical analysis asks you to enter target values for each factor, and then actual values for each alternative / factor combination. Using various formulas, DecisionPlanner compares the target values to the actual values and, once again, ranks your alternatives. Comprehensive reports then guide you to the right solution for you.

Would you like help with decision making? Try DecisionPlanner at www.yoopersoft.com.