Decision Architect
Professional Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Engineers and Decision Makers
The Problem with Spreadsheet-Based Trade Studies
- ✕Error-prone manual pairwise comparison matrices that break silently when criteria change
- ✕No automatic consistency ratio validation — bad judgments go undetected
- ✕No built-in sensitivity analysis to test how weight changes affect outcomes
- ✕No utility function support — raw scores treated as if they are directly comparable
- ✕Poor auditability — stakeholders cannot trace how results were derived
AHP-Based Pairwise Comparison
Build pairwise comparison matrices with intuitive dropdown controls. Decision Architect automatically computes eigenvectors, normalized weights, and consistency ratios — eliminating the manual math that plagues spreadsheet-based trade studies.
Utility Analysis & Function Scoring
Transform raw performance data into normalized utility values using configurable utility functions. Define thresholds and objectives for each criterion, then let Decision Architect compute function scores across all alternatives automatically.
Comprehensive Computed Results
View weighted utility values, operational effectiveness scores, cost-effectiveness ratios, and interactive utility function charts — all computed in real time. Sensitivity analysis checkboxes let you explore how changing weights affects the outcome.
AI-Assisted Analysis
Not sure where to begin? Describe your analysis objective and the AI will recommend criteria, search for cost data, and scrape the web for real data values across all alternatives. Supports OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Grok — bring your own API key. The AI serves as an advisor; you retain full control over every decision.
How It Works
Define Criteria
Add your evaluation criteria with specifications, thresholds, and objectives.
Enter Alternatives
Define the options you're evaluating — products, designs, or solutions.
Analyze Results
Get weighted utility scores, cost-effectiveness ratios, and interactive charts.
Built by an Engineer, for Decision Makers
Decision Architect is the product of nearly three years of focused development by a Principal Systems Engineer with an advanced degree in Systems Engineering. It was born from real frustration with the limitations of spreadsheet-based trade studies in aerospace and defense programs — and designed for anyone who needs defensible, auditable decisions: engineers, financial analysts, project managers, and business leaders.
Every feature reflects hard-won domain expertise: proper AHP implementation with consistency validation, configurable utility functions, cost-effectiveness analysis, and structured reporting that stakeholders can actually trace and audit.
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