The example
Paul still has the bill from the utility company on his back. He wants to save
energy and is thinking about investing in a service water heat pump. His
girlfriend Lara instead prefers to save the money for the new car.
Paul wants to weigh his decision carefully. That is not easy. There are
arguments for and against. And among the costs and savings, some are one-offs
and others are ongoing costs. It's a good thing that meineZIELE offers a
thorough overview for this.
This example shows what that looks like.
Paul uses the file template
The example is opened from the program:
Menu Knowhow >
Examples > Goals > Decisionmaking.
What is there to learn?
You will learn,
- how to confront arguments
- how to get sums
- which versions of pro/contra exist
Let's see how he does it:
Two lists of arguments
Paul starts in the Goals view and forms two sets of arguments: what are the pros
and cons of getting it. This quickly results in two small outlines.
After that it is just one click to confront the arguments
Compare numbers
Paul is not into math. But he is aware that in this case there are annual costs
and savings, but also one-off costs. He looks at the types of ratings meineZIELE
offers him:
Paul discovers 2 buttons with which he can change the evaluation columns behind
the arguments:
- He could choose icons to mark positive and negative. But he wants separate
columns for positives and negatives anyway. So that is not suitable here
- He could choose the budget column. But that would not offer him a
distinction between one-off and ongoing costs
- And then he finds the solution: two columns of numbers that he can name
himself
With button we can switch between icons and numbers.
With button we can switch between one number or two of
them.
Paul guesses the numbers
Paul's numbers are a bit out of thin air. He's going to fix that. But he wants at
least a reasonably complete picture. He enters the figures directly in the
pro/con view.
meineZIELE provides "free fields" for any use. There are for texts, as in the
book list example, but also for numbers. Paul only adjusts the desired field
names. To do this, he opens any entry and changes the field name in the details.
This then applies to all lines. Finished.
What about sums?
Okay, that's easy. Nothing to do. That works automatically.
Now the decision is clear. The heat pump would be a good investment. And with clear arguments he will also be able to convince Lara.