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Manage Models
Models List
Models List Overview
Create New Model
Create New Model From File
Create Model from Template
Create Model from TXT file
Create a copy of the model (Save as)
Models List Commands
Models History
Advanced Mode: Models (Column Filtering, Auto-Hide etc..)
Model Lookup
Lock or Unlock Model
Models Statistics
Favorite Models
Downgrade Model (Version Not Supported)
Archives
Restore and Delete Archived Models
Templates
Create and Delete Templates
Deleted
Permanently delete or restore deleted models
Define Model
What is Define Model?
Define Model
Model Description and Details
Edit Model Name and Model Description
Model Details (Access Code, Get Links, Whiteboard Access, Model Statistic)
Download Model
Advanced Mode: Model Timeline
Model Wording
TeamTime Brainstorming
TeamTime Branstorming Overview
TeamTime Structuring Objectives (Top-down)
TeamTime Alternatives Brainstorming
Structuring with Pros and Cons (Bottom-up)
Review / Refine Model
Alternatives
Add, Edit and Delete Alternatives
Sort (Re-order) Alternatives
Categorical and Non-categorical Alternative Attributes
Disable Alternatives
Objectives
Add, Edit, and Delete Objectives
Move or Copy Objectives
Expand, Collapse and Auto-Redraw the Objectives Hierarchy
View Objectives (Tree or Hierarchy)
Export Model Structure and Objectives Hierarchy
Sort Objectives by Name or by Priorities
Contributions
Contributions
Information Documents
Information Documents
Using the Rich Text Editor
Define Participants and Roles
Participants
Participants Grid Overview
Add Participants (Enter or paste, Workgroup, Active Directory)
Edit Participant Name
Participants List Actions
Remove Participants
Erase Participant's Judgments
User Priorities (Weights)
Copy Judgments to Selected Participants
Add, Edit, Delete Participant Groups
Participant Attributes
Dynamic Participants Groups
Define Participant Permission in a Model
Enable or Disable Participants
Participant Groups
Manage Participant Groups
Participant Roles
Participant and Group Roles Overview
Setting Up Roles without Groups
Setting Up Roles with Groups
Copy and Paste Roles
Participant Roles Edit vs View Mode
Selecting Multiple Participants for Roles
Participant Roles Statistics
Recommended Approaches for Setting Roles for the 'All Participants' Group
Set Measurement Options
Measurement Methods
Define Measurement Methods Overview
Measurement Methods for Evaluating Objectives
Measurement Methods for Evaluating Alternatives
Manage Measurement Scales for Alternatives
Advanced Mode: Define Pairwise Comparisons Options per Cluster
Define Insight Questionnaires
Creating and Editing Insight Questionnaires
Collect Input
What is Collect Input?
Anytime versus TeamTime™ Decision Making & Measurement Definition
Evaluation Progress and Status
Model Status: Online or Offline
Evaluation Progress
Set Measurement Options
Judgment Options
Options for Evaluation of Objectives
Options for Evaluating Alternatives
Order of evaluation (top down or bottom up)
Question Wording for Pairwise Comparison
Evaluation Settings
Auto-advance Evaluation
Show or Hide the Navigation box and buttons
After collect input options
Allow Abstain Judgments
Participant Display Options
Show or Hide Intermediate and Overall Results
Edit Welcome, Thank You or Rewards pages
Show Objectives Full Path
Show or Hide Inconsistency Ratio
Information Documents Settings (Hide or Show, Tooltip or Frame View)
Allow Comments Entry
Show Sensitivity Analysis on the Evaluation
Show Expected Values
Show or Hide Index, Normalization and Priority bars
Show Pairwise Verbal Scale Ratio
AnyTime Evaluation
Invite Participants to AnyTime Evaluation
Send AnyTime Invitations Overview
Responsive vs. Non-responsive Evaluation pages
Send AnyTime Invitation (from Comparion or Local Mail Client)
Invite Participants using General Links
Invite Participants using Participant Specific Links
Invite Participants using Group Specific links
Evaluation Steps
Welcome Page
How to Navigate in the Evaluation?
How to Save Judgments?
Edit Evaluation Question
Single Pairwise Verbal Comparisons
Multi-pairwise Verbal Comparison Evaluation
Single Pairwise Graphical/Numerical Comparisons
Multi-pairwise Graphical/Numerical Comparisons
Direct Priority Entry
Rating Alternatives
Step Function
Utility Curve
Collect Input -- Insight Survey
Collect Input -- Local Results
Collect Input -- Overall Priorities
Collect Input -- Dynamic Sensitivity
Create Evaluation Quick Help
Data Grid
Data Grid Overview
Download Data Grid
Upload Data Grid
TeamTime Evaluation
Select Participants
Select Participants for TeamTime Evaluation
Setting Keypad mode in TeamTime Evaluation
Instructions for Receiver and Keypads with TeamTime Evaluation
Invite Participants
Invite Participants for TeamTime Evaluation
Start/Stop Meeting
Start or Stop TeamTime Evaluation
TeamTime Evaluation
TeamTime Evaluation Welcome
TeamTime Pairwise Verbal Comparisons
TeamTime Pairwise Graphical/Numerical Comparisons
TeamTime Ratings
TeamTime Direct Entry
Synthesize
What is Synthesize Results?
Overall Results
Alternatives Chart
Objectives Chart
Alternatives Grid
Objectives Grid
Consensus View
Filter Alternatives
Select Participants and Groups
Change Alternatives and Objectives Color
Sensitivity Δ (delta) Objectives
Dynamic Analysis
Performance Analysis
Gradient Analysis
2D Analysis
Head to Head Analysis
Mixed
Sensitivity Δ (delta) Alternatives
One at a time
Four at a time
Advanced Mode: Synthesize (Distributive, Normalization, AIP, CIS, User Priorities)
Allocate
What is Allocate?
Portfolio Management
Portfolio View
Portfolio View Overview
Portfolio Solve and Auto-Solve
Portfolio Scenario
Risks (Probability of Success and Failure)
Custom Constraints in Portfolio View
Constraints
Dependencies
Groups Constraints
Custom Constraints
Add, Edit, Delete Custom Constraints
Import Custom Constraints
Soft Custom Constraints
Funding Pools
Time Periods Settings
Portfolio Assessment
Efficient Frontier
Strategic Buckets
Scenario Comparisons
Visualizations
Summary
Model Specification
Constraint Summary
Relevant Constraints
Reports
What is Reports?
Model Documentation
Ad-hoc Reports
Manage Workgroup
Workgroup Participants
Demote existing Project Organizer/Workgroup Manager
Default Option Sets
Manage Default Option Sets
Wording Template
Workgroup Wording Template
Sample Models
Add Comparion Sample Models to Workgroup
Sample Model Templates
Add Comparion Sample Model Templates to Workgroup
Tips and Tricks
Basic and Advanced Mode
Workgroup, Model and Evaluation Wording
Model Snapshots
Forgot Password (Reset Password)
Shortcut Keys
Page Lookup
Personal Settings
Change name and password
Application Preferences
Additional Information
Why All Important Decisions are Subjective
Math of AHP
Structuring
Importance of Hierarchical Structuring
Axioms of the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Musts vs. Wants
Focus on Objectives
Roles
Politics, Governance and Control
Levels Of Measurement
Absolute Measurement
Relative Measurement
Redundant Judgments
Missing Judgments
Accuracy of Derived Priorities
Spanning Set
Validation exercises
Problems with traditional rating scales
Ideal and Distributive Synthesis: Closed and Open Systems
Inconsistency Ratio
Hard Data and Judgment
Evaluation - Top down or bottom up
AIJ and AIP
Means and Variances
Allowing Pop-ups (Browsers Pop-up Blocker)
Patents
Wikis
Collaborative Decision Making
Limitations of effective decision making
Limited Memory Capacity
Framing bias
Overconfidence
Politics of Organizational Decision Making
Groupthink
Loss aversion
Sunk costs
Endowment effect
Availability Bias
Anchoring
Representativeness Heuristic
Counterproductive strategies
Intuition
BOPSAT
Rules of thumb
Heuristics
Simple tradeoffs
Nutshell briefings
Satisficing
Levels of Measurement
Elements of effective decision making methodologies
Focus on Objectives
Compensatory
Brainstorming
Screening
Pros and cons
Structuring
Qualitative judgment
Quantitative data
Collaboration
Roles
Synthesis
Measures of inconsistency
Measures of consensus
Sensitivity analysis
Iteration
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Validating Experiments
Common Applications for the AHP Methdology
Self Host Set-up
New Installations
Comparion Installation Pre-requisites
Setting up IIS on Windows Server 2016
Machine Certificates
Configure the setup.ini
Install Expert Choice Self host instance
Troubleshooting
Creating a database, workgroups and installing your license
Existing Installations
Upgrade the Application
Apply a new license file
New or Existing Installations
Change Admin password
Set password policy
Self-host Instructions for Active Directory/Single Sign-On (SSO)
Add DNS FDNS and SSL in IIS
Release Notes
Comparion Known Issues
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