Decision making checklist based on PMI

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In project management we make decisions on a daily basis. Most are relatively unimportant; some are critical and will cause the project to be successful or to fail. To ensure we make rational, unbiased decisions, critical decision-making requires you to:

1. Obtain complete and accurate data

2. - Exam your logic and your biases

3. - Examine your premises

4. - Be aware of your motivations

5. - Think through both short-term and long-term impacts

6. - Know your own limits (be humble)

7. - Check with others

8. - Be comfortable with resulting uncertainty

-Parth, F. R. (2013). Critical decision-making skills for project managers. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2013—EMEA, Istanbul, Turkey. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.