Key points
- Prioritize resources and compromises
- Quantify the consequences of a commitment
- Make risks and dependencies visible
- Retain the conditions for the next review
Continue with the relevant question
Prioritize
Choose where to invest, what to prioritize and what to forgo.
- Options
- Priorities
- Compromises
Commit
Turn the choice into a quantified scenario with explicit consequences.
- Price
- Budget
- Trajectory
Govern
Retain the assumptions, risks and review points of the decision file.
- Risks
- Variance
- Review
Value depends on the level of commitment
The three terms describe increasing levels of business commitment and correspond to Innovatio engagement levels. Each level combines the capabilities relevant to the decision being prepared.
The useful scope depends on the decision: an initial market comparison does not require the same capabilities as a five-year financial trajectory.
From the decision to the review point
A recommendation becomes actionable when it shows the resources considered, the assumptions supporting the result, the accepted risks and the signal that would justify a new analysis.
- Selected priority
- Economic assumptions
- Risks and dependencies
- Financial consequences
- Review event or date