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+14 good points -3 bad points +1 vote points 12 total points
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Decisions where you could go with multiple approaches, and you want a sense for the pros and cons of each.  ie, Which compensation model should we go with for the upcoming year?, Should we build an iPhone application?, Should we try and use an offshore call center?

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+12 good points -3 bad points +0 vote points 9 total points
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Weigh the pros and cons of several potential solutions to a problem to see which option seems to make the most sense.  This lets you visualize all the thinking you can put into each solution as a group.  It frees your brain up to brainstorm and follow different paths, since all the information is down on the page, and rated according to how important you think the points are.

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+11 good points -5 bad points +1 vote points 7 total points
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Questions like, What's the best bug tracking tool, Which code repository should we migrate to, etc.

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Lay out what a group of people like/dislike about a series of features.  This is an effective way to combine the group's thinking on the features and see which ones bubble to the top.

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Pick a tagline, Figure out what to do with extra budget for the break room, Choose a name for a new product

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Who's Helping?

  • blake
     
    blake member since Sep 21, 2008
    help for this decision...
    Options Suggested: Strategy Choices, Choose A Solution, Idea Generation
    Reasons Suggested: 24  (avg points: 3.1/5.0)
    Reason Comments: 2
    Ratings: 2
    score: 97.1
  • richesh
     
    richesh member since Sep 21, 2008
    help for this decision...
    Best Option Pick: Strategy Choices
    Options Suggested: Feature Planning, Software Selection
    Criteria Suggested: Ease Of Use, Results
    Reasons Suggested: 1  (avg points: 2.0/5.0)
    Ratings: 20
    score: 39.3
  • jsteinke..
     
    jsteinke17 member since Nov 17, 2008
    help for this decision...
    Best Option Pick: Software Selection
    Reasons Suggested: 2  (avg points: 1.4/5.0)
    Discussion Comments: 1
    score: 10.7

Recent Activity

  • 10 months ago blake
    rated "Only add things that matter, cuts out the emotional response associated to each argument" as "Worth Noting" (+1)
  • 10 months ago richesh
    rated "Sometimes hard to compare features based on reasons - need ways to compare feature a vs b based on how well they fit your criteria" as "Worth Noting" (-1)
  • 10 months ago richesh
    rated "Hard to compare 10+ features at once" as "Important" (-3)
  • 10 months ago richesh
    rated "Combine everyone's thinking about why they like/dislike features" as "Important" (+3)
  • 10 months ago richesh
    rated "Get the thinking of a group for a lot of different features in one place" as "Important" (+3)
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Discussion

  • jsteinke17
    jsteinke17 10 months ago
    This is a good question - my initial response is Software Selection, but as I'm trying to fill out the Reasons section I'm starting to second guess myself and am not necessarily convinced.
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