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Real People. Real Insights. Real Decisions.

Build skills that lead to better decisions.

Browse our full training catalogue — from core Decision Quality fundamentals to leadership and specialty courses. All formats available in-person or virtual.

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13
Distinct courses
4
Curriculum tracks
1/2 - 3
Days in duration
2
Delivery formats

CORE COURSES

Foundational Decision Quality

 

Essential knowledge for anyone working with or supporting decisions. No prerequisites required for most courses.

 

Decision Framing for Project Management

01

2 days
16 hours
In-person or virtual

Decision & Risk Analysis Frame 'N Go

02

2-3 days
16 hours
In-person or virtual

Operational Decision Making

03

1 day
8 hours
In-person or virtual

Decision Framing for Project Management

Who Is This For?

Those supporting decisions on a regular basis who want a foundational understanding of Decision Quality, Decision Framing, and qualitative assessment of alternatives. Target audience includes project practitioners — development planners, strategy advisors, business opportunity managers, front-end development managers, and other technical professionals facilitating decisions across the organization.

This workshop is designed to jump-start decision framing skills by equipping participants with the tools and techniques to efficiently tackle decisions of varying complexity. The course provides an overview of Decision Quality and introduces Decision Framing and qualitative analysis. Participants begin to develop skills by working pre-defined cases. On the second half-day, participants apply the principles of Decision Quality to real decisions brought to class.

Learning Objectives

  • Frame decisions to agree on the appropriate focus and project alternatives to answer management's key questions
  • Identify key project risks and uncertainties that can make it difficult to choose and structure the options to be considered
  • Qualitatively assess options, mine for insights, and develop high-level decision roadmaps for the different alternatives
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Duration

2 days

time commitment

16 hours

format

In-person or virtual

Decision & Risk Analysis Frame 'N Go

Who Is This For?

Those supporting decisions on a regular basis who want to develop practical skills for Decision Quality, Decision Framing, and Uncertainty Analysis. Target audience includes project practitioners — development planners, strategy advisors, business opportunity managers, front-end development managers, and other technical professionals facilitating decisions across the organization.

This flagship course teaches participants to practically frame decisions, and qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate alternatives while incorporating risk and uncertainty. The course focuses on honing skills to address relevant business and project decisions, develop alternatives, and gain insight into the impact of risk and uncertainty by applying the Decision Quality workflow and toolset. Relevant case studies and real decisions brought to class are worked to provide a breadth of exposure and allow participants to immediately put their newfound knowledge into action.
Optional Add-On: Path to Net Zero: Decision & Risk Analysis Course. This course addition covers the same material in the context of the energy transition and highlights the nuances of energy transition projects with relevant case study examples.

Learning Objectives

  • Frame decisions to agree on the appropriate focus and project alternatives to answer management's key questions
  • Assess key project uncertainties to understand the range of potential project outcomes
  • Gain insight from qualitative and probabilistic analysis to develop hybrid strategies and enable informed decisions
  • Communicate the decision frame and analysis to ensure clarity and realistic trade-off discussions with decision-makers
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Duration

2 days

time commitment

16 hours

format

In-person or virtual

Operational Decision Making

Who Is This For?

Those making operational decisions on a regular basis who want to develop practical skills in decision framing and structured thinking — without the need for extensive option generation or quantitative analysis. Target audience includes operational practitioners — maintenance supervisors, asset managers, operations coordinators, field engineers, reliability specialists, and other professionals responsible for making recurring, impactful decisions in execution-focused roles.

How can we consistently make good decisions in our everyday operations, quickly comparing options while easily factoring in the risk, cost, and benefit? That is the focus of this course — bringing efficient, practical Decision Quality (DQ) thinking and tools into daily operations. Attend this course and become adept at making quick, clear, quality operational decisions. Learn how to tackle smaller, more frequent decision problems using a scaled-down, fit-for-purpose Decision Quality approach that can be practiced in any industry.

Learning Objectives

  • Frame decisions to agree on the appropriate focus and project alternatives to answer management's key questions
  • Define operational objectives and importance, and generate a list of options
  • Identify key risks that make it difficult to choose
  • Develop basic decision trees with scoping economic results, or end value placeholders
  • Sensitize quick inputs and gain insight to have trade-off discussions and enable fast, but informed decisions
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Duration

2 days

time commitment

16 hours

format

In-person or virtual
 

EXPANDED COURSES

Advanced Framing
& Evaluation
Techniques

Deeper coverage of specialized dq skills.

 

Decision & Uncertainty Analysis

01

2 days
16 hours
In-person or virtual

Decision & Uncertainty Analysis

Who Is This For?

Those supporting the evaluation of decisions on a regular basis who would like to hone their skills to efficiently run sensitivities and understand the impact of risk and uncertainty on options being considered. Target audience includes development and strategic planners, economists, financial analysts, and project team members who run sensitivities and quantitatively evaluate alternatives.

This course offers a comprehensive overview of uncertainty analysis to evaluate alternatives suitable for beginners and experts alike. Participants learn to compare alternatives by linking Excel models to TreeTop, a decision tree software, to generate insightful sensitivities such as tornado diagrams, decision trees, cumulative probability plots, and decision sensitivity diagrams. The course combines interactive large group discussions with hands-on small group modeling breakouts. Attendees develop skills by working with a pre-defined case model and then applying learnings to structure their own models to efficiently interface with TreeTop.

Learning Objectives

  • Assess key project uncertainties to understand the range of potential outcomes
  • Quantitatively evaluate the impact of uncertainty through deterministic analysis
  • Perform probabilistic analysis by developing trees and cumulative probability plots to understand key value drivers and a range of possible project outcomes
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Duration

2 days

time commitment

16 hours

format

In-person or virtual
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Intro to Value of Information (VOI)

02

1 day
8 hours
In-person or virtual

Framing Exploration Strategy

03

1 day
8 hours
In-person or virtual

Scenario Planning for Strategy Development

04

1.5 - 2 days
8 hours
In-person or virtual

Intro to Value of Information (VOI)

Who Is This For?

Those supporting de-risking decisions and the development of de-risking plans, who need a basic understanding of how to value information. Target audience includes development and strategic planners, economists, subsurface exploration and appraisal professionals, those applying new technology, and R&D team members.

This course introduces the Value of Information workflow that quantifies the value add of information that has the potential to reduce uncertainty and thereby make optimal project decisions. Practitioners learn to frame information decisions, forecast uncertainty reduction potential, and determine the value of reducing uncertainty by acquiring new information.

Learning Objectives

  • Frame information decisions using a structured workflow and toolset
  • Quantitatively value information using decision trees and Bayesian inference
  • Conduct uncertainty assessments for project risks and uncertainties, and reliability of interpretation assessments for different information being considered
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Duration

2-3 days

format

In-person or virtual

Framing Exploration Strategy

Who Is This For?

Those supporting exploration, block strategy, or country entry decisions, and who need to understand how to develop de-risking or appraisal plans. Target audience includes development and strategic planners, economists, subsurface exploration, and appraisal professionals.

This course enables teams to become adept at framing exploration strategy using powerful decision quality tools and techniques. Through an interactive mix of theory and hands-on relevant case example applications, participants will learn to frame important exploration decisions including country entry, block strategy, appraisal strategy, and stakeholder management planning. Learn to bring Oracle Trees and scenario thinking into the frame to proactively manage exploration strategy as the landscape unfolds.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify different phases of exploration and the framing steps and tools most useful for each
  • Construct insightful scenario trees to understand the impact of key uncertainties associated with exploration opportunities and acreage positions
  • Develop proactive exploration strategies set up to monitor signposts and strategically shift based on outcomes
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Duration

1 day

time commitment

8 hours

format

In-person or virtual

Scenario Planning for Strategy Development

Who Is This For?

Those supporting decisions facing a lot of external, macro uncertainties in the business landscape. Target audience includes project practitioners — development planners, strategy advisors, business opportunity managers, front-end development managers, and other technical professionals facilitating decisions across the organization.

Business decisions face many challenges in today's landscape, making it hard to see through the fog of complex situations. Yet, by utilizing Scenario Planning, implications of possible future realities become apparent, providing a unique opportunity to develop robust strategy in the face of uncertainty. Our proven approach to Scenario Planning for Strategy Development provides a comprehensive framework to identify, classify, and develop strategies to mitigate key external uncertainties.

Learning Objectives

  • Frame decisions that lend themselves to scenario thinking for strategy development
  • Assess key macro / external uncertainties to identify future worlds
  • Envision future business landscapes to feed the frame of alternatives and create "winning" strategies
  • Qualitatively evaluate the strategies and develop hybrid strategies robust to different business landscapes
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Duration

1.5 - 2 days

time commitment

8 hours

format

In-person or virtual

Facilitating Quality Decisions

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1 day
8 hours
In-person or virtual

Facilitating Quality Decisions

Who Is This For?

Those practicing Decision Quality and supporting decisions on a regular basis who want to develop confidence and skill to effectively facilitate the Decision Quality workflow, dialogue, and framing workshops. Target audience includes development and strategic planners, front-end engineers, business opportunity managers, and project leads.

This interactive, role-play course develops Decision Quality facilitators to plan and guide key aspects of the workflow, including framing, decision-maker dialogue, and mining for insight from the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of alternatives. Attendees practice proactive and reactive facilitation techniques to prepare and run framing workshops and adapt the workflow to various types of decisions. Skill is further developed as participants facilitate mock frame and results review discussions with decision makers to understand trade-offs and agree a clear path to a decision.

Learning Objectives

  • Design a Decision Quality workstream suited to the decision at hand
  • Facilitate workshops and provide clarity to participants around work products and expectations
  • Manage decision-maker dialogue to ensure direction and commitment to action
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Duration

1 day

time commitment

8 hours

format

In-person or virtual
 
 

SPECIALTY COURSES

niche topics & advanced skills

Deep-dive courses in specific decision science domains.

 

Value of Information (VOI) Deep Dive

01

2-3 days
In-person or virtual

Value of Information (VOI) Deep Dive

Who Is This For?

Those supporting de-risking decisions and developing de-risking plans on a regular basis who need a strong understanding of VOI concepts and how to apply them to a variety of information decisions. Target audience includes upstream and low-carbon exploration and appraisal professionals and assessment teams, those leading new technology application pilots, and R&D professionals.

This course is designed for professionals who work to de-risk and reduce uncertainty in their projects through gathering information on a regular basis. Skill is developed by learning the VOI concepts, workflow, and toolset and practicing them while working numerous relevant case examples. Attendees learn to frame and value information which impacts both go/no-go project decisions as well as how-to-go project optimization decisions.

Learning Objectives

  • Frame various types of information decisions including "go / no go" and "how to go" using a structured workflow and toolset
  • Quantitatively value information using decision trees and Bayesian inference
  • Conduct uncertainty assessments for critical variables: project risks and uncertainties, and reliability of interpretation assessments for different information being considered
  • Develop uncertainty reduction plots and perform sensitivities to compare different information options
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Duration

2-3 days

format

In-person or virtual
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