Different types of Choosles and the basic motivation for each of them. Most real Choosles will mix multiple types.
Rated from the perspective on how to focus the Choosle project.
Rated from the perspective on how to focus the Choosle project.
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| Product | Personal | Help 1 | Analysis 2 | Information | Explain 3 | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Product or service comparison, evaluation. | Personal decision with personal factors and preconditions. | The user needs/provides help from/for others with a decision. | Collect and analyze as many factors and arguments as possible. The environment and preconditions are given. | Informational comparisons with collected facts. The arguments are normally static and should be objective. | Explain a decision already made to others. | Decisions and comparisons in a team or community. | |
| Motivation Basic motivation or goal for the Choosle. | Motivation Choose the best product for you. | Motivation Make sure to have considered all the important topics. | Motivation Get help, provide help or help each other. | Motivation Being in control of the subject completely. | Motivation Collect knowledge and provide it in a compact form easy to understand. | Motivation Have someone understand, why and how you have made your decision. | Motivation Find the common opinion and new ideas. Share the work for research and evaluation. |
| Options Avg. number of options. | Options The more the better... | Options Only a few (~2..6). | Options Only a few (~3..8) | Options Only a few (<5) most of the time. | Options The more the better... | Options Only a few (~2..6). | Options Depends on the topic. |
| Factors Avg. number of factors. | Factors Many <100 | Factors <20 | Factors <30 | Factors The more the better... | Factors The more the better... | Factors <20 | Factors Depends on the topic. |
| Viewers Who reads the Choosle? | Viewers Product or service customers. | Viewers The author, possibly friends. | Viewers Users directly involved. | Viewers The team involved, reviews,... | Viewers Lot's of reference look-ups. | Viewers Who ever is interested in your decision. | Viewers The community and other people interested in the topic. |
| Viewer Value The value for the viewer(s), reader(s). | Viewer Value Helps to evaluate different offers. | Viewer Value Self-confidence about having made a good decision. | Viewer Value User(s) get help. | Viewer Value Overview over all essential arguments, rated for the given situation. | Viewer Value Quick and compact information, references. | Viewer Value To get an understanding about the decision. | Viewer Value Getting informed about what others think. |
| Public Public interest in the Choosle. | Public Suppliers like their good product to be compared. Not the "less" good ones though. | Public Small, as an example for similar topics. | Public Small, as an example for similar topics. | Public Small, as an example for similar topics. | Public | Public Big for some public decisions. | Public For some Choosles the interested public is the community. |
| Publish Motivation, reason to publish the Choosle. | Publish Often some requirements are very specific, sometimes even confidential. | Publish Very little, maybe to support others. | Publish Maybe as a kind of consulting service. | Publish Little, to support communities. | Publish | Publish Big for some public decisions. | Publish Some, with bigger communities, are published in the process. |
| Author Value The value for the author(s). | Author Value Sell a product, service. Get a reputation. For evaluations: Choosle the best suitable product. | Author Value Self-confidence about having made a good decision. | Author Value Having helped a friend or just somebody. | Author Value Feel in control of the subject. | Author Value Get a reputation. | Author Value Explain yourself to the audience. | Author Value |
| Effort Effort to build a Choosle. | Effort Capture and compact all the attributes of a product, service. Lots of research for independent authors. | Effort More effort than to simply decide on your gut feeling. | Effort Mostly the author is an expert in the topic. | Effort Less than an analysis in a simple document, spreadsheet. Maybe more than with a domain specialized tool. | Effort Lots of research needed. | Effort Remembering topics, attitudes from the decision process. Study records. Deeper research of some important factors. | Effort |
| Difficult Difficulties to create good Choosles. | Difficult Simply collect the facts. | Difficult Sometimes it is difficult to formulate your own thoughts. | Difficult Most likely simpler than to help without a Choosle. | Difficult Similar to analysis without Choosle. | Difficult Miss interpretation because of it's general nature. Texts are short and can be understood in many ways. | Difficult Might get difficult to find good selling factors to support the decision. Simple to play around until the already chosen option wins. | Difficult |
| Evolution The benefit of making the decision step by step, maybe over several months. | Evolution Split research work into multiple steps. | Evolution Build an average on your mood swings. Gather new input over time. | Evolution Usually one waits to the last minute, before seeking help. | Evolution Normally there is a tight time schedule of one analysis. | Evolution The quality and coverage grows with time. | Evolution only very little | Evolution Some late participants maybe add their input. |
| Multi-User The benefit of multi-user ratings, inputs. | Multi-User Interesting to see what's important to users. | Multi-User N/A | Multi-User N/A | Multi-User Only to detect different oppinions. | Multi-User Very important! Becomes more objective and more complete. | Multi-User N/A | Multi-User Very important! Does not really work without it. |
| Reuse Can the Choosle be reused in other situations? | Reuse Reuse factor list to compare similar products, services. | Reuse Maybe you have to decide on something similar in the future. | Reuse Help somebody else with the same Choosle. | Reuse Maybe reuse some options and the factor list in a new environment. | Reuse Differently rated copies can provide another perspective on the same, similar information. | Reuse Maybe as an inspiration to explain oneself. | Reuse Reuse parts or the whole Choosle as starting examples. |
| History How important is the change history? | History Only to retrace mistakes. | History not important | History Only to see who has added what and when (multiple helpers). | History not important | History To see how details have changed. To verify the information and retrace mistakes. | History not at all | History |