Compare option trade-offs and write an assumption-aware decision memo
Consulting · L2 · en
- Suitable for
- Readers who meet the stated knowledge prerequisites and want the selected scoped reading or local practice.
- Learning goals
- Separate an objective, option and performance criterion in a short decision brief
- Explain what a worst-to-best swing weight represents under explicit hypothetical assumptions
- Calculate scores from your own stated hypothetical inputs and test a changed-weight ranking
- Write a memo that distinguishes evidence, hypotheses, assumptions and next evidence requests
- Knowledge prerequisites
- Multiply and add percentages; percentages sum to 100; Distinguish a measured quantity from a preference score; Understand that assumptions require evidence and that correlation alone is not causation
- Pathline suggested preparation
- Read the applicability section before Steps 1–5.; Inspect the provider illustrative tables; check whether entries and assumptions change between steps rather than treating them as one validated answer key.; Choose a small hypothetical decision of your own and list two or three options before writing.
- Duration
- 90 minutes (Pathline estimate)
- Source practice
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Executable practice: Not applicable
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- Public and free. Selected HTML was read without registration; linked services, accounts, credentials and wider access are separate unverified scopes.
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- Platform requirements not confirmed. Read public text in a browser. Original paper/calculator or locally available spreadsheet work needs no cloud account, supplied code or hidden research inputs.
Next action: Read the applicability section and Steps 1–5. Invent a small hypothetical comparison with two or three options, state criteria, scores and swing-weight assumptions, then write an evidence/assumptions memo.
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These are suggested actions; they do not imply a source exercise, automatic feedback or completion record.
- Pathline original memo idea: choose a hypothetical decision, distinguish objectives/options/criteria, invent and label preference scores, make nonnegative weights sum to 100%, and calculate weighted totals as score times weight divided by 100.
- Pathline sensitivity idea: change one weight while keeping the total at 100%, recalculate rankings and explain the change. Mark invented numbers as assumptions and request the next evidence needed.
- Pathline reading alternative: inspect the source illustrative tables and note input/assumption changes between steps; do not treat explanatory tables as one validated learner answer key.
Limitations to check
- This unit uses the dated HTML guide published 24 June 2024; semantic version unknown. Linked current Green Book and practitioner guidance were not read, so current wider policy or appraisal requirements are not asserted.
- The source concerns educational longlist option comparison. Original scores/weights are hypothetical preference assumptions, not measured data, elicited stakeholder agreement, accredited facilitation or actual policy/client approval.
- Provider tables are explanatory worked examples. No provider learner exercise, answer key, individual feedback, dataset download, executable package or certificate is confirmed.
- Full OGL body was not obtained; broader quoting/copying/adaptation/corpus/asset rights remain unknown beyond the narrow exact link and original factual guidance.
- 90 minutes is an unmeasured researcher estimate. No Hong Kong recruiting, case-interview effectiveness, employment outcome or learner mastery claim is made.
- Original goals, prerequisites, preparation and self-check ideas are scoped Pathline analysis. Source feature flags are based on observed provider material, never on internal calculation success; no learner mastery or professional signoff follows.
Learning source and review reference
Source version: HTML published 24 June 2024; semantic version explicitly unknown. This unit uses that dated guidance only; linked current Green Book and practitioner guide were not read. · Unit ER-20261013-02-WP02-0001-UNIT-01, version 2 · Review ER-MINIMUM-A0-WP02-V2-final-ER-20261013-02-WP02-0001-V2-001