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  1. Collect Input -- Insight Survey

    The Insight survey has been prepared by your Project Manager and should be self explanatory. If you are the Project Manager, you can create and/or modify the insight survey on the Insight Questionnaire page.  ...
  2. Time Periods Settings

    You can manage the Time Periods in Allocate > TIME PERIODS SETTINGS .  Below is a sample of a scenario with Time Periods.  Time Periods allows you to have one or more sets of alternatives that will span one or more periods. You can specify Ti...
  3. Four at a time

    This page displays the same information as the Sensitivity ∆ Alternatives sensitivity:  One at a time but with four participants or groups at a time. Sensitivity ∆ (delta) Alternatives page shows the changes in overall alternative priorities, ...
  4. Demote existing Project Organizer/Workgroup Manager

    You may want to demote your existing Project Organizer or Workgroup Manager to Workgroup Member.  To do this: 1. Go to Workgroup Participants page  2. Check the check box to the left of the participant you want to demote 3. Click Set Permissio...
  5. Single Pairwise Graphical/Numerical Comparisons

    Pairwise graphical and numerical comparisons are used to express your judgment about the relative importance,  preference, or likelihood of the two elements being compared. In the example below, we are asked to compare the relative importance of th...
  6. One at a time

    Sensitivity ∆ (delta) Alternatives page shows the changes in overall alternative priorities when alternative performance with respect to one or more covering objectives is changed.  If you change an alternative's priority with respect to a single ob...
  7. Utility Curve

    Utility curves are used to convert data into ratio scale priorities.  Utility curves can be increasing or decreasing, linear or non-linear. In the example below we are asked to enter data (Initial Cost: 20,195) for the alternative "Toyota Camry." ...
  8. Gradient Analysis

    A gradient analysis shows the rate of change of the priorities of alternatives with respect to the change in priority of one of the objectives.   Each gradient sensitivity is composed of: An objective on the x-axis -- which can be selected fro...
  9. How to Save Judgments?

    Your judgments are automatically recorded when you move to another step by using the " Next, " " Previous ," or " Next Unassessed " button. 
  10. Sunk costs

    A Sunk Cost is a cost that is incurred and can not be meaningfully recovered by any practical means. 1   For example, a business may have invested a million dollars in new hardware.  This money is now gone and cannot be recovered, so it shouldn’t ...