| Problems |
Compsim
tools |
| In the normal course of doing
business, information is often gathered to made specific decisions and then
immediately lost or discarded. |
By using Compsim's management tools,
the information used in the decision-making process is collected in a formal
manner. It can be retained within the tool set or exported to a corporate
knowledge base. |
| Decisions are frequently made for
subjective, rather than for objective reasons. |
Compsim's software tools facilitate
the collection of all points of view to help insure that decisions are
objective. By explaining why decisions are made, biases will be exposed to
scrutiny. |
| Decisions are seldom tracked...
Opportunities to learn from mistakes are lost. Opportunities to benefit from
best practices are lost. Opportunities to develop structures for benchmarking
are lost. |
By using Compsim's management tools,
the justification for the decision is collected in a formal manner where it can
be reconstructed and analyzed. Weaknesses in the process can be corrected to
avoid duplicating mistakes. |
| Decisions are often avoided or
delayed. "There is no problem so big that you cannot run away from it!"
|
By using Compsim's management tools
during the decision-making process, it is possible to review the progress as
well as unanswered questions necessary to make the decision. If all information
is available then there is no reason to postpone the decision. |
| Sometimes Employees need to
understand "WHY" certain decisions are made in order to accomplish their work
in a manner that is consistent with those decisions. |
Compsim's software tools provide a
number of report formats that can be used to explain the background for the
decisions made using the tools. The tools can also be used to reverse engineer
the decisions of others. |
| There are often communication gaps
between business units: Between Marketing and Engineering, for example.
|
Compsim's software tools support a
process that gathers all points of view involved in the decision-making
process. By exposing all points of view relative to a particular issue, all
parties understand each others concerns. |
| Companies use consultants to help
them make decisions. The deliverables from the consulting work, however, seldom
have long term value, because the information is based only on a snapshot in
time and cannot easily be adjusted to future circumstances. |
Compsim delivers its consulting in
the form of a reusable knowledge base that can be refined and enhanced with
additional information over time to address a multitude of issues. |
| It is difficult and time consuming
to attempt to place a value on the information used to make decisions on
abstract issues. Because this is so difficult, it is seldom done effectively
|
Compsim's software tools provide an
EASY graphical approach to add a valuation to information. It is with this
valuation that Compsim transforms information into knowledge. |
