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How The Table
Works:
1. Enter your Decision
Subject at the top of Column I (simply type over the words
in the box and if you later hit 'Reset' the original values
will return). For as many of the Criteria fields labeled 'Enter
Criteria' type in a Criteria for that decision. It is recommended
that you keep the Criteria manageable by limiting yourself
to five. We have included two more to allow for additional
or in the case where one Criteria can actually be split (for
example, price could be shown as purchase price and shipping
or maintenance/service costs).
2. In Column
II you need to enter a value from 1-10 for those Criteria
in Column I. You do not have to rank them. In fact, you can
give more than one of them the same value. Enter a value for
each of the Criteria in Column I. Two fields have items that
you can change based on what is important to you but not originally
included (2 'Your Choice'). Just type over what's already
there. 'Reset' will replace 'Your Choice'
3. For the column
A's (A1, A2, A3), you Rate (1-10) each of the Alternatives
you're evaluating based on how you feel they stack up. Simply
type your Alternatives in the fields at the top of the columns.
Remember to rate the individual criteria in light of the parent
company or management if appropriate. If you feel there is
considerable influence or importance of the peer or management
group (either positive or negative), reflect that in your
rating. Put the results in each alternative's Column A.
If you don't
know a value for any field in Column A, enter 5. Do not
enter 0 unless that is your choice. You can also either
'search'
or go to any of the sites listed below to find out more
about the Criteria/Alternatives or about the decision in
general. If all else fails and you still really don't know
or don't have an opinion, enter 5.
The reason
for three Alternatives is the assumption that you may have
started with five Alternatives, thrown out the high and
the low to begin with and ended up with three. Or you may
drop the two high or two low and end up with three that
way. Either way, research indicates that trying to evaluate
more than five Alternatives at any time becomes too cumbersome
so we assume three in the table is optimum. If you insist
on more, use two tables.
4. For each of
the items in Column I, you then multiply Importance (II) x
Rate (A) and put the results in Score. Do this for each of
the Alternatives.
5. Finally, you
add up each Alternative's Column Score and put the results
in the Total Score fields at the bottom. This is a manual
calculation. There is no submit button to do the calculations
as the information is a little too personal to transmit over
an unsecured line. If you would like a fully automated version,
e-Mail us with your request and we'll explain how you can
get a copy. e-Mail to:
info@haggo.com
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