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Step 3: Alternatives

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A range of creative policy or management alternatives designed to address the objectives is developed. Alternatives should reflect substantially different approaches to the problem or different priorities across objectives, and should present decision makers with real options and choices.

Contents:
Introduction
Brainstorming and Screening Alternatives
Developing "Strategies" or "Portfolios"
Common Pitfalls and Refining Alternatives

 
Key Ideas
First, you must orient your group to the problem

Second, your group must specify what matters in the decision

Third, your group must decide how to evaluate whether or not potential solutions can achieve the objectives

Fourth, your group will create a variety of alternatives for decision makers to consider 

 

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