Practical guide
Follow the process step by step
Apply each stage in sequence. Document important assumptions, verify AI-generated information, and keep human approval at critical decision points.
- 1
Frame the decision clearly
Define the decision, objective, stakeholders, timeframe, constraints, and consequences of delay or error.
- 2
Identify options and criteria
List realistic alternatives and establish measurable criteria before comparing potential choices.
- 3
Gather relevant evidence
Collect reliable data, expert input, assumptions, precedents, risks, costs, and expected benefits.
- 4
Use AI for structured analysis
Ask AI to compare options, expose assumptions, identify missing evidence, and test alternative scenarios.
- 5
Apply human judgment
Review values, ethics, uncertainty, accountability, stakeholder impact, and factors that cannot be reduced to a score.
- 6
Document and review the decision
Record the rationale, evidence, assumptions, dissenting views, owner, expected outcome, and future review point.