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	<title>Decision Mechanics</title>
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		<title>NoDropouts.org report on CohortTracker™ roll-out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NoDropouts.org just reported on Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Education Services’ roll-out of CohortTracker™. In their article, they note that: Of course, once schools leaders have a better idea of who is most at risk, there is simply no substitute for good, old-fashioned compassion—and good, old-fashioned elbow grease. Indeed. Technology is only ever part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CohortTracker™—early warning system for identifying failing students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Greater Southern Tier Board of Cooperative Education Services (GST BOCES) has released CohortTracker™ to fourteen school districts within its region. CohortTracker™, developed by Decision Mechanics and Prism Decision Systems, is an early warning system for identifying students who may be in danger of failing to graduate. Students’ progress is assessed using an algorithm that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decisionmechanics.com/cohorttracker-early-warning-system-for-identifying-failing-students/</link>
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		<title>When spreadsheets go bad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the late ‘90s, I had a colleague who was fond of saying, “When an operations analyst encounters a problem, he opens a spreadsheet. Now he has two problems…” Indeed. If you are responsible for a project that has a spreadsheet as a deliverable, go and suspend it now. Yes, now. Go on. When you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Playground—an interactive budget-planning iPad app</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Decision Mechanics, in partnership with Prism Decision Systems, recently developed “Budget Playground”—a school district budget planning iPad app. The app was created as part of a program funded by Cornell University’s New York State Center for Rural Schools. Budget Playground allows school district planning staff to forecast budgets up to ten years into the future [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decisionmechanics.com/budget-playground-an-interactive-budget-planning-ipad-app/</link>
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		<title>International Executive Seminar in Political Management and Governance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Tait presented at the International Executive Seminar in Political Management and Governance hosted by George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. The theme of the conference was “governing in turbulent times”. Andrew’s talk covered stakeholder management (including Confrontation Analysis) and the development of political strategy. The conference was attended by senior politicians, civil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decisionmechanics.com/international-executive-seminar-in-political-management-and-governance/</link>
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		<title>Averages lead to less than average decisions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Districts where residents have the highest average educational achievement tend to be the smaller ones. Staying true to the tradition of blogging, we’re stating this without having conducted any research whatsoever. Still, we’re confident in the assertion. Oh, and did we mention that districts where residents have the lowest average educational achievement tend to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decisionmechanics.com/averages-lead-to-less-than-average-decisions/</link>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing big data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big data is big news. Companies like Amazon, Google and major supermarkets are delivering new services and competitive advantage through analysing their massive datasets. The Economist reports that 30% of Amazon’s sales are through its “you may also like” recommendations. Organizations everywhere want to make similar use of their own data. Articles and conferences on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decisionmechanics.com/crowdsourcing-big-data/</link>
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		<title>Drop-out “early warning” system to promote on-time graduation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Decision Mechanics have been working with Prism Decision Systems, LLC to design an early warning system for identifying high-school students who are at risk of dropping out. The project was undertaken to demonstrate how an agile development approach could—in a matter of weeks, not years—deliver focused, actionable, real-time information to educational decision-makers at all levels. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decisionmechanics.com/drop-out-early-warning-system-to-promote-on-time-graduation/</link>
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		<title>Decision Mechanics develop Resilient Leader web application for Sunray7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leadership development consultancy Sunray7 recently retained Decision Mechanics to develop a web application based on their well-regarded “Resilient Leader” assessment and development approach. Sunray7 have helped a range of leading multinational companies develop their future leaders. Their clients include: Barclays British Telecom Orange the UK’s Ministry of Defence Decision Mechanics helped the team at Sunray7 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.decisionmechanics.com/decision-mechanics-develop-resilient-leader-web-application-for-sunray7/</link>
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		<title>Analyze it like Beckham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the 2010 (football/soccer) World Cup well underway, it’s only a matter of time before some teams will have to face the heartbreak of leaving the competition due to a missed penalty. In the “knockout” stages of a football competition each match must produce a winner. If the teams have scored equal number of goals [...]]]></description>
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