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  1. Relative Measurement

    Relative measurement consists of pairwise comparisons of two elements with respect to some higher level element in the hierarchy.   For example, a judgment can be made about the relative importance of two objectives with respect to the goal, or ...
  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. 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 ...
  4. Objectives Grid

    The Objectives  Grid  page shows the objectives priorities with respect to the decision goal for All Participants.  You can select to show the children , covering objectives , or  all objectives below the selected node in the hierarchy: "...
  5. Collaborative Decision Making

    Being a good leader requires more than just knowing the right way to do things.  It also requires knowing how to choose the right things to do . Decision-making is arguably the most difficult, and the most essential, task a manager performs. Effect...
  6. Consensus View

    The consensus view shows the standard deviations (the square root of the variances) among evaluators who have both an  allowed role and a judgment. The table is sorted from highest disagreement to lowest disagreement among evaluators for each nod...
  7. 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...
  8. Performance Analysis

    Overview   Performance analysis is used to dynamically change the priorities of the objectives to determine how these changes affect the priorities of the alternative choices. Each performance sensitivity is composed of: The relative import...
  9. Permanently delete or restore deleted models

    Models that are deleted are moved to the deleted tab and remain there until:   (1) they are restored by pressing the Restore (undelete) option,  (2) they are permanently deleted by pressing the Delete option, or (3) some period of time has ela...
  10. Intuition

    Intuitive decision-making is described as the process by which information, acquired through associated learning and stored in long-term memory, is accessed unconsciously to form the basis of a judgment or decision. 1    Intuition is based on the i...