Consequential Analysis® is a decision making process developed by Michael Marmur to break decision gridlock and facilitate problem solving by focusing management attention on establishing decision alternatives. It is an interventional framework for ensuring highly effective decision making in situations involving crisis, conflict or dispute. Consequential Analysis® was developed as an interactive technique to help management flesh out and document alternatives. The pros and cons of each alternative are then weighted, irrelevant data can then be identified, and the consequences of selecting a particular path are generated so that they can be examined.
Consequential Analysis® is a powerful tool to help decision makers perform their jobs accurately and examine the potential result(s) of their action or inaction. The methodology allows the participants, generally influenced by their own agendas and interests, to make better choices by helping them to predict the consequences of their action or inaction.