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A decision is a choice between two competing or alternative options.
We make countless decisions each and every day—what to wear, what to eat, the route to take to work.
Some decisions are made so rapidly that they are virtually automatic. You make a decision every time you adjust the steering wheel on the car, surf the internet, and carry on a conversation.
Almost every decision you make takes no conscious thought. It is a product of your collective values, knowledge, and experience.
Most people are also creatures of habit. Even though every trip into a Starbucks ® store requires a decision on what to order, my choice is almost always the same.
Making an important or unfamiliar decision, though, should be done with a formal decision making process. This helps to ensure that the decision is the best one, given the set of goals you have.
Lean projects require you to make a great many unfamiliar and important decisions. Find—and use—a problem identification method, like
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the Pareto 80/20 Principle or
Follow up with a problem solving method that works for you, such as
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8D or
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the scientific method.
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