Decision Terrain
Survey sheet
Examples
The next three months
A side project, a certification, or going deeper at work.
A job offer
Take the offer, negotiate where you are, or keep looking for a month.
Where to live
A big move, staying put, or renting there for three months first.
The team's next quarter
Four projects competing for one quarter of a small team's time.
Blank map
Two unnamed options and no decision.
Add option
Export
PNG image
The map with your decision and best bet on top.
SVG file
The same map as vector art, to scale or print.
Copy summary
Your options ranked, with the read, as plain text.
Decision terrain map
Each option is a flag. Effort runs left to right and upside bottom to top. A flag's footprint grows with reversibility and its colour shows values fit; contour lines rise to the option with the best overall fit.
Drag a flag · double-click the ground to add one
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Option name
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Effort
light
heavy
Upside
small
large
Reversibility
one-way
two-way
Values fit
off
fits