Friday, February 8, 2008

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.

Friday, February 1, 2008

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.