1) The document outlines 5 steps for prioritizing decision-making criteria using TransparentChoice software: create a project, add criteria, collect input from team, build consensus, and display results. 2) Step 1 involves creating a project and naming it. Step 2 adds the criteria to prioritize. Step 3 collects input from team members through surveys. Step 4 reviews surveys and builds consensus. Step 5 analyzes results and displays criteria weights. 3) Steps 3 and 4 allow for group input and consensus but can be skipped if prioritizing criteria alone. The document provides screenshots to illustrate each step.

1. How to prioritize your decision-
making criteria
TransparentChoice Software Tutorial

2. 5 steps of criteria prioritization
1. Create a project in TransparentChoice.
2. Add your criteria.
3. Collect input from your team.
4. Build consensus.
5. Display results.
Steps 3 and 4 are for the group process. Skip them if you
prioritize criteria alone.

3. The first thing you need to do is to create a project.
In order to do that you need to be logged in. If you
don’t have an account yet – you can create it here
First step…

4. Step 1. Create a project
a. Log in to your account.
b. Click on “Create project”.
c. Enter the name and goal of the project.
d. Click create.
See screenshots on the next slides

5. Step 1. Create a project

6. Step 1. Create a project

7. Your new project opens automatically. Now it is
time to add the criteria that you and your team will
prioritize…
Next step

8. Step 2. Add criteria
a. Go to criteria tab.
b. Click on Add sub-criterion.
c. Enter the name of criterion.
d. Click create.
e. Repeat b-d for each criterion.
See screenshots on the next slides

9. Step 2. Add criteria
We will prioritize criteria. Skip
the “Alternatives” step and go
directly to “Criteria”.

10. Step 2. Add criteria
This is the goal of your
project and the root element
of criteria hierarchy.

11. Step 2. Add criteria
It’s subcriteria will be
prioritized with pairwise
comparisons (default
setting).

12. Step 2. Add criteria

13. Step 2. Add criteria

14. Step 2. Add criteria

15. Step 2. Add criteria

16. Great! You have added your criteria. Now you need
to ask your team for input about the criteria
priorities. You do this by sending auto-generated
surveys…
Next step

17. Step 3. Collect input from your team
a. Go to “Collect input” tab.
b. Add your team members as evaluators.
c. Distribute links to auto-generated surveys.
d. Wait for the input.
See next slides for screenshots…

18. Step 3. Collect input from your team

19. Step 3. Collect input from your team
The list of surveys will show
up here. If you're working on
your own, you don't need to
add any more evaluators.

20. Step 3. Collect input from your team

21. Step 3. Collect input from your team

22. Step 3. Collect input from your team
Software generates a survey
for each evaluator (member
of your team).

23. Step 3. Collect input from your team
Here you define the type of the
judgments in surveys. In this project
everybody will be asked just about
criteria priorities.

24. Step 3. Collect input from your team
Click here to display the
access links for the surveys.

25. Step 3. Collect input from your team
Each access link is unique so share it only
with evaluator assigned to the survey.

26. Step 3. Collect input from your team
Access to surveys is still locked.
When you are ready to start the
data collection click “Start”. You
may stop it later.

27. Step 3. Collect input from your team
You can track the progress…

28. Step 3. Collect input from your team

29. Great! You have collected input from your team.
Now it is time to review it and build consensus…
Next step

30. Step 4. Build consensus
a. Add new “review”
b. Use “auto-review”.
c. Review surveys and build consensus.
See next slides for screenshots…

31. Step 4. Build consensus

32. Step 4. Build consensus
Select the people you
want to include

33. Step 4. Build consensus
You have just created your first review. It
contains votes collected from all
evaluators. Click on the review to see the
details…

34. Step 4. Build consensus
Review is a survey that you populate
together as a team. For each
judgment you have the answers from
individual surveys.

35. Step 4. Build consensus
Auto-review populates a review
with average values. You can
overwrite it later.

36. Step 4. Build consensus
Big difference of
opinions. Discuss it.

37. Your team went through all of the judgments. You
discussed the differences of opinions and built
consensus for each judgment (or used averages).
Now you are ready to see the results….
Next step

38. Step 5. Display results
a. Go to “Analyse results” tab.
b. Choose input source.
c. Click on criteria weights.
See next slides for screenshots…

39. Step 5. Display results

40. Step 5. Display results

41. Step 5. Display results

42. Step 5. Display results

43. Step 5. Display results

44. Step 5. Display results

45. Next steps
• Get the free trial of TransparentChoice and
prioritize your criteria now.
• Schedule a live demo of TransparentChoice
software and we will guide you through the
prioritization process.
• Request our support for your first project. Get the
software and support needed to successfully
complete a pilot project.