spaceless Information Weighted decision helper

Weighted Decision Helper

You are facing a choice. There are several options. You care about several things. But the things you care about are not equally important to you — and that asymmetry is where most decisions quietly go wrong.

This tool makes the decision framework visible. Define your options, name your criteria, set how much each one matters to you, then score each option against each criterion. Adjust a weight slider and watch the ranking shift in real time. Notice which rankings are sensitive to which assumptions.

This is not a decision-making machine. It is a decision-clarifying machine. If the output surprises you, trust your surprise — it means you have learned something about your own priorities.
Your options — up to 6
Criteria & weights — up to 5
Click a cell and type a number, or use the arrow keys. Colour intensity reflects the score.
Rankings update in real time as you adjust scores or weights. A ranking that flips on a single weight is telling you something important.

    This is a formalisation of the Kepner–Tregoe decision analysis method, developed in the 1960s by Charles Kepner and Benjamin Tregoe who were two former RAND Corporation researchers who thought systematically about how humans could reason better under uncertainty. Their 1965 book The Rational Manager introduced weighted criteria analysis to management practice. The method has outlasted most of what claimed to supersede it.

    Your matrix is saved automatically in your browser via localStorage. Nothing is sent to any server.

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