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Welcome to Lean Decisions. I’m Trevor Lohrbeer. I’ve been running software companies for the past 14 years. You can find me at conferences and events wearing a black fedora. Lean Decisions provides tips, techniques and patterns you can use to optimize the decisions you make in your business and personal life.
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- 10 Tips for Better Pro-Con Lists
Make better decisions when using pro-con lists with this list of 10 tips.
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Learn how to create a weighted pro-con list and tips for making these lists more effective.
- The 4 Phases of a Decision
Every decision goes through 4 phases. Learn what those phases are and why they matter.
- 3 Types of Choice Decisions
Choice decisions involve decisions with multiple options, where the decision causes few or no contraints on future decisions.
- The Go/No-Go Decision Pattern
Go/No-Go decisions are the type you make when committing to a project, person or customer. Learn processes, challenges and mitigation strategies to use when making these decisions.
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