Detail Decision Model Steps 7 and 8

STEP 7: Take the ideas/alternatives that perform best – have the highest grand total for weighted scores -- and consider these to be your tentative choices. At this point in the process, you may leave some poor performing alternatives behind. Alternatives that score low in comparison to your own want criteria will probably not provide for a long-term, enduring career solution for you.

 

STEP 8:  For each idea that you are still considering, ask “If I take that path, what could go wrong?”  In this way, by creatively brainstorming risks associated with each idea, you are trying to force out the things that most concern you about the idea.  For each risk you come up with, assess the probability and seriousness of that risk actually happening – a recommended use of H for High, M for Medium, and L for Low is recommended at this stage in the analysis.

example from Norm's 1987 decision:

Alternative	Description of Threat	Probability (High/med/low)	Seriousness (High/med/low)
HR BofA	Corporate/public sector organizational constraints may become a source of extreme frustration – may require that I move on from this work	H	M
	May not have as much control over the content of my work and especially the decision-making for my work	H	M
	May have to cater too much to the organization rather than the needs of the individual	H	H
Consulting	Again, as in the HR BofA alternative, consulting inside of the organization may be too confining, turn frustrating, be a source of extreme discomfort and lead me to have to move on	H	M
	Similar to the HR BofA alternative, may not have the kind of control over my time and decisions	H	M
	May have to cater too much to the organizational needs rather than the needs of the individual	H	H
Career Counselor	May not be able to make it over the “new business” startup process –establishing myself to the community	M	M
MFT	May require too long a startup time – everything is new, not as much reliance on my business and systems background and experience	M	H
	May not be able to achieve high degree of success – make my mark – too much competition	L	H

Detail Decision Model Steps	Detail Decision Model Steps	Detail Decision Model Steps	Detail Decision Model Steps
1 and 2	3 and 4	5 and 6	9 and 10