oc("Filtering vs weighting","Sai: Anand, while weighting is just a tool, you can't make decision making a science. Well, i know decision making is called a science by the academia, but if it could be resolved by metrics, then every decision taken could potentially be right, maybe at that point in time. But i don't agree with that as the results of actions taken are known only much later.  I don't know if i am conveying this correctly.   If you take filtering, then sure, you will come up with must haves and you will be able to come down to a few choices. Where i am going with this is irrespective of the tool weighting/filtering, the most you can do is come down to a top 3 or 2. For example most CRM systems today fullfill the campaign  to lead to opportunity to quote to order to support process. You will then break it down either to industry based sub-processes or ability to handle volume transactions/enterprise/smb ..so on. My point being you can do this by either method. Finally it's your gut. Maybe it's just the sales guy in me talking. ","peaceforall@gmail.com","2006-11-28 01:08:27");
oc("Filtering vs weighting","S Anand: Sai, if you're saying the methods are equivalent in their outcome, I'd say MAYBE. But with filtering, I can say WHY I've knocked off a package. I can't with weighting. Both eventually try and reflect the subjective process, but filtering does it by trying to identify the EXACT reason you want to reject something, while weighting tries to quantify the feel for it. I see the value of trying to pinpoint the reason. It may be unquantifiable, but filtering forces you to try, and weighting leads down the easy path. But unless we get into specifics, we'd just be talking hypothetically. Let's have a chat...","http://www.s-anand.net","2006-11-28 12:59:14");
oc("Filtering vs weighting","novice consultant: I guess this will be a two way approach. You start with elimination process using set of questionnaires and Yes/No responses. This will help you to narrow down to tools which meets mandatory features. After that you can use weighted approach to zero in on the tool.","www.nohome.com","2007-03-08 11:16:16");