July 07 2009

What is the impact when the organization not doing proper Decision Analysis and Resolution?

What you’ll see:

  • Unclear who is authorized to make what decisions?
  • Decisions are made on primarily subjective basis
  • Same issue is “decided” over and over and over……
  • Rationale for earlier decisions is unavailable when needed to understand the decision later in the project
  • Only a few choices considered for major decisions

Why Should You Care? Because…

  • Decisions getting made without all the relevant factors being considered usually costs time or money later on
  • Missing a more optimal solution can cost you time, money, credibility, perhaps even the whole project
  • Revisiting decisions, digging up rationale, undoing decisions reduce customer confidence in your expertise and technical liability to serve their needs.