Taking Better Decisions — Part 1

A simple guide for Product managers to getting better at decision making using a framework and a handful of mental models.

Mental models are essential for product managers to quickly navigate the plethora of decisions we’ve to take every day. We’re constantly inundated with decisions we’ve to take… sometimes there isn’t enough data or sometimes, we’re too bogged down with our current decision pipeline that a new one, that’s urgent, becomes difficult, no matter how trivial it is…

Before we discuss the mental models, I’ll share how I approach decision-taking, before applying a mental model.

There is a saying, “Knowing is half the battle won…”. And this applies to making decisions. Below is my 3 step framework for deciding on taking decisions.

3 Step Framework to Better Decision Making

3 Step Framework for better Decision Making

There are appropriately 3 steps to take when deciding to make a decision:

Classify the problem