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Pairwise comparisons are entered on a page as shown in the figure below, by clicking on or between words that express your judgment about the relative importance or preference or likelihoods (see Pairwise Comparisons Contexts) of the two elements sh...
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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...
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Groupthink is a common pitfall in group decision-making and problem-solving. People feel reluctant to present alternatives, challenge others’ opinions, or express their own opinions. Conditions are ripe for Groupthink when one or more of these f...
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Last Updated: 02/16/2022
in Synthesize Overall Results 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: "...
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Last Updated: 10/25/2021
in Additional Information Not all numbers have the same meaning in terms of what operations can be legitimately performed on them. In order for operations like addition and multiplication with numbers to be mathematically meaningful, the numbers must possess certain proper...
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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...
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The step function is used to convert raw data into ratio-scale data. Depending on the settings made by the Project Manager, the Step Function graph and the resulting priority may vary depending on whether the Piecewise Linear option is enabled or n...
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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...
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The Endowment Effect , an emotional bias, is the hypothesis that people will value something they already own more than a similar item they don’t own. This happens even when there is no cause for attachment or even if the item was only obtained li...
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Management by Objectives (MBO) as a concept first appeared in a 1954 book The Practice of Management . The author, Peter Drucker, has since become known as one of the world’s most influential business experts. Management by Objectives is ...