Strategies for Assessment and Action

• OODA Loop: Decision Making
  • Observe, Orient, Decide Act
• MoSCoW Prioritization
  • Must-have initiatives, Should-have initiatives, Could-have initiatives, Will not have (this time)
• SWOT Analysis
  • Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
• Cynefin framework
  • Complex, Complicated, Chaotic, Obvious (Simple)
  • Video: https://youtu.be/N7oz366X0-8

Decision Support Tools

The University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing hosts an exhaustive list of decision support tools on its website. Soft Systems Methodology, Affinity Mapping, SWOT Analysis, and Gap Analysis are some of my favorites. Visit the IfM Decision Support Tools page for a full listing and descriptions of each tool.