05-28-2007, 01:23 PM
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 Adding interdependence to CARVER
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Originally Posted by truthcurve  Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidC Thirdly, there's no recognition of the interdependence of objectives. I'd like to have a family, something I could likely do quite easily. I'd also like to do have enough money to look after the family. Success in business is by no means guaranteed, so it will tend to rank lower in the CARVER system than starting the family. To me, though, it's a life principle that I won't burden the community by bringing children into the world that I can't look after. Business success is therefore a higher priority than starting a family, but CARVER might give them the opposite ranking. (I understand clearly that others might disagree with this view, but that just reinforces the second point just cited that priorities are individual things.) | I completely agree, which is why I say one should use it within a domain of life. This not the right tool to use to decide if making friends should be a higher priority than starting a business. And, it will fail miserably if you do that. Those kinds of goals are not "prioritizable" because they cover different domains of life and you can do all of them simulatenously. However, within each domain, you can use this system to help you decide the best course of action for a very specific goal. For example, if my goal at work is to get a promotion and there are 3 potential projects I could work on, I could use this system to decide which project will give me the most bang for my buck. Which project can get me closer to that promotion? Or, if I'm trying to buy a house, which house should I buy? | It maybe possible to do a CARVER-like analysis which does take into account goal interdependence, if adds additional columns to represent either supporting (+ve) or conflicting (-ve) with each interdependent goal.  |