Business decision and review guides
Practical methods, questions and examples for investigating business problems and explaining decisions.
Processes and decisions
Explore this practice ↗A second opinion before a capital investment: which assumptions should you test?
Review demand, operating and timing assumptions before a capital investment, with a practical evidence record and a worked example.
What data should you prepare for a business review?
Prepare a focused data package for a business review: define the question, scope, record structure, sources and known gaps.
Root cause analysis for business problems: how to test an explanation
Define a recurring business problem, compare competing explanations and test each one against records and counterexamples.
What evidence supports a sales forecast?
Review the customers, periods, conditions and probabilities behind a sales forecast before making a material business commitment.
Why does the same KPI produce different numbers?
Reconcile conflicting KPI reports by checking definitions, periods, denominators and record scope, with a practical metric dictionary.
How to write a management decision memo
Bring the decision request, options, evidence and unresolved conditions into a clear memo for management, with practical option cards.
Is a pilot ready to scale?
Review pilot results, special conditions, support requirements and evidence needed at scale before committing to a broader rollout.
Distinguishing symptoms from causes in business processes
Test the first explanation for a performance deviation, distinguish alternative causes and choose a check that could change the decision.
Mergers and acquisitions
Explore this practice ↗Technology and data
Explore this practice ↗Municipalities
Explore this practice ↗