Key points
- Incompatible or competing options
- Resources that are genuinely constrained
- Explicit criteria and weightings
- The consequences of not choosing remain visible
Common strategic trade-offs
A leader may choose between markets, growth and profitability, speed and control, or immediate investment and a limited learning stage.
- Invest, maintain or stop
- Concentrate or diversify
- Accelerate or experiment
- Accept or reduce a dependency
The useful deliverable
The conclusion should explain the selected priority, rejected options, main compromise, accepted risk and the assumption that would cause the choice to be reviewed.
Workspaces relevant to this question
Each link states the role of the workspace. Connections rely only on supported shared objects and demonstrated exchanges for the decision file.