81.   This amounts to a portfolio or collection of possibilities ranked on an agreed basis to enable decisions to be made on allocation of resources.

82.   Top management is clearly very important to the organisation, and managers are realising that management information systems can help them make better decisions.

83.   Information to help top management make these decisions could be provided by the decision-support system.

84.   It may be more difficult to make quick decisions, but it has the additional merit of making the design decisions those of the staff as a whole.

85.   Provision is made for business reorganisation costs when a decision has been made in principle which will result in such liability being incurred.

86.   Do not spend long making your decision.

87.   It is necessary to be involved in making political decisions, without having to fight for them.

88.   People therefore have extensive opportunity to make decisions that determine what matters.

89.   After the decision has been made, the forecast costs of the chosen option are included in the total cost forecast for the remaining work.