Paramount Decisions

Decision-making is a major function of every organization. Everyday businesses, non-profit organizations, and governments make decisions that have major economic, social, and environmental implications. These decisions include multiple stakeholders with complex and competing trade-offs. Often times an unsound decision-making method (or no formal method) is used which can affect the quality of the decision and result in unintended consequences.

The Paramount Decisions platform is built using the current state-of-the art knowledge in decision-making which has been tested through peer-reviewed scientific research conducted at the University of California, Berkeley. The software guides you and your collaborators along the Choosing By Advantages decision-making process in several easy-to-follow steps. After you complete your decision, the software can automatically generate reports to communicate the information with external stakeholders. By using the Paramount Decisions platform, your organization will have a structured approach to making and communicating complex decisions with multiple stakeholders.

Our goal is to help organizations make better decisions. Our decision-making platform allows organizations to develop sound decisions, to clearly document their decisions and enable transparency in the decision-making process.

The types of decisions that can benefit from the clarity and transparency of the Paramount Decisions platform include:

• choosing who to hire
• choosing who to promote
• choosing which product to buy
• choosing which project to fund
• choosing where to locate strategic investments (e.g., new factory or store front)
• choosing between different technology solutions
• choosing between different design configurations
• choosing which materials to use in product development
• choosing which vendor to buy from
• choosing between different business strategies
• optimizing fund allocation between different programs