What is Doocide?

Doocide is an application that helps people take good decisions. Either you need to compare some products or services, choose job or job candidates, diagnose something or choose between various concepts, Doocide can help you take all the decision factors into account, calculate their importance and impact on each of your choices, then highlight you the winner choice. The method is currently based on Stuart Pugh's decision-matrix theory and is effective for comparing alternative concepts, products, services, scenarios etc. and scoring them relative to one another.

What exactly can I use Doocide for?

Most of the people may use Doocide for almost any type of decision they may face at any time. Here are some examples of decisions you may take wisely and more efficiently by using Doocide. Some of them may save you good money or time.


• Compare products - Either you want to purchase an electronic device, a household utility or any other product you would need to use long term, you may use Doocide to make sure the chosen product is good enough and satisfying all of your needs.


• Choose a household service - You may set some factors that would impact your monthly payments for a service used at your house. It can either be the house or auto insurance, land phone company, cable or satellite TV options etc.


• Choose a job - You may think you know exactly what job is the best for you, but if you will consider multiple factors while taking your decision it might help you long term.


• Choose between job candidates - Companies may find useful to efficiently decide on the best job candidates to be hired. After the interviews, HR people may use Doocide and set decision factors such as Age, Experience, Education, Charisma etc., select factors' importance, then select the values for each candidate for the advertised job.


• Diagnose - People may also use Doocide to diagnose a service, process or even humans. Factors can be set as symptoms, factor's importance may simulate the severity, and choices may be set as various diseases or malfunctionalities.


• Choose between various concepts - Engineers, inventors and scientists might find this interesting as they may use Doocide to figure out which concept will better fit their design requirements.

Where should I start using it?

First screen is showing you a decision table, with few "Decision Factors" and few "Choices" added by default. You may start by editing existing or adding new "Decision Factors" for your new decision, and then add or edit the "Choices" (or Options) you may want to compare. Some sample factors may be: cost, product characteristics like battery life, display type, Wi-Fi ability, storage capacity etc., other comparison factors.

What are the "Decision Factors"?

The "Decision Factors" are the main criteria on which the "Choices" comparison is being performed. Sample factors may be: cost, product characteristics like battery life, display type, Wi-Fi ability, storage capacity etc., other comparison factors.

What are the "Choices"?

The "Choices" (or Options) are the products, services or other items you need to compare based on various "Decision Factors".

Am I required to sign in?

No, but in this case your decisions will be saved based on your current IP address. These IP-based saved decisions may be saved under your user name after you decide to authenticate on Doocide.

Can I modify other users' decisions?

No, but you may duplicate, clone or copy them. See below.

How can I duplicate other users' factors and choices?

Yes, this would mean you will add your own perspective to someone else's choices. Use the "Duplicate" link located at the top of the page, under the main decision title. Here you have two options:
• Clone - this will copy every item (decision factors, choices and all current values) to a new decision table you may then save under your user name.
• Copy - this will only copy the decision factors and choices, but will reset the factors' "Importance" settings and comparison data.
• Combine Perspectives - (to be developed)
You may only be allowed to duplicate other users' decisions which are not set as private.

Can I set a decision as "Private"?

Yes. Click on the "Private" checkbox near the decision's title at the top of the page, then save the data. Your private decisions will not be visible to any other user or website visitor, and they will not be listed in the search results.

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