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  1. What is Allocate?

    Comparion Resource Allocation helps you if you are deciding on a combination of actions to take, such as a portfolio of capital investments or models.  The allocation step is a powerful way to determine an optimal combination of actions or investmen...
  2. Setting up IIS on Windows Server 2016

    Use Server Manager to add roles and features to enable IIS and the necessary components. (On Windows 10, use Control Panel | Turn Windows features on or off instead of Server Manager and define only the features.) From a fresh Windows Server 2016,...
  3. Pros and cons

    Perhaps the most common "formal" approach to making a choice among alternatives is to list the pros and cons of each alternative.  Certainly it would be wrong to calculate the net number of pros over cons for each alternative and then select the alt...
  4. Anchoring

    Anchoring (or focalism) is a cognitive bias that describes the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the "anchor") when making decisions.  During decision-making, anchoring occurs when one uses an ini...
  5. Iteration

    Iteration is the act of repeating a process to generate a sequence of outcomes, with the aim of approaching a desired goal, target, or result.  Each repetition of the process is also called an iteration .  The results of one iteration are used as...
  6. Rules of thumb

    A rule of thumb is a principle with broad application that is not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every situation. 1  It is based not on theory but on practical experience. FW Taylor, who is often called "The Father of Scientif...
  7. Patents

    Expert Choice has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes pending patent applications and patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Publicati...
  8. BOPSAT

    BOPSAT is decision-making by a B unch of P eople S itting A round T alking, which is a management practice of using sometimes inexperienced committee members to make important decisions. 1    Even though there may be considerable preparation ...
  9. Loss aversion

    Loss aversion refers to the tendency to prefer avoiding a loss rather than acquiring an equivalent gain.  This leads to risk aversion , which is when people prefer avoiding losses to making gains when they evaluate an outcome comprising similar ...
  10. Overconfidence

    Overconfidence is the tendency to overestimate our ability to make good decisions.  Research 1  indicates that the more experience a manager has, the more likely it is that he or she will be overconfident in making decisions.  Therefore, awareness o...