The CRAFT Process
Authored By: S. P. Norman, D. C. Lee, S. L. Jacobson, C. Damiani
The CRAFT planning process leads managers through four-stages involving: (1) objective setting and problem conceptualization, (2) alternatives design, (3) probabilistic modeling of effects, and (4) synthesis. In this analysis, we emphasize steps 1 and 3 to show how objectives can be incorporated within a single modeling framework and then considered in terms of their uncertainties.
The figure at right provides a graphical overview of the CRAFT process.
Subsections found in The CRAFT Process
- Specifying and Structuring Objectives : A critical first step in CRAFT is to fully understand the problems at hand.
- Conceptualizing Cause and Effect : Following the identification of measurable objectives in CRAFT, cause-and-effect models are developed that identify the factors that are known to influence relevant lower level objectives of concern.
- Effects Modeling : A formal effects model results from careful restructuring of lower level objectives and the conceptual model.
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