Decision Science Fundamentals
1h 7mIntermediate2025-08-20
Authors

Matthew Brandt
Course details
Decisions based on gut feelings are a thing of the past. You're more than familiar with being asked tens, if not hundreds, of questions. How do you even begin to understand which questions are most important and urgent? How can you know which questions will have the greatest downstream impact? Join Matthew Brandt, a practitioner of decision science with over 10 years of experience, as he guides you through the web of decision-making fundamentals and teaches you a simple five-step framework to end up taking better decisions. Learn important principles about how decisions are constructed and how to assess different requests based on their potential for the organization. Plus, Matthew provides some well-rounded advice on best practices in data analysis, the importance of doing data work in the correct order and the value of experimentation.
This course includes AI-powered Role Play. Role Play allows you to practice what you’ve learned in interactive simulations of real-world conversations.
Learning objectives
Follow a simple decision science framework and clearly identify good decisions for your organization.
Correctly assess analytical questions and identify those with higher decision impact potential.
This course includes AI-powered Role Play. Role Play allows you to practice what you’ve learned in interactive simulations of real-world conversations.
Learning objectives
Follow a simple decision science framework and clearly identify good decisions for your organization.
Correctly assess analytical questions and identify those with higher decision impact potential.
Skills covered
Data Science FoundationsDecision-MakingBusiness AnalyticsData AnalysisData ScienceProfessional DevelopmentBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and ManagementBusiness Software and ToolsOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Better decisions aren't just luck
1. Getting Started with Decision Science
- 02 - Your first steps in decision science
- 03 - Why decision science is a team sport
- 04 - Outcomes vs. decisions
- 05 - Goal-setting
- 06 - Decision evaluation
2. Learn the Decision Science Framework
- 07 - Why a framework
- 08 - The Prime Route framework
- 09 - Step 1 - Framing
- 10 - Step 2 - The five whys
- 11 - Step 3 - Research questions
- 12 - Step 4 - Analysis cycles
- 13 - Step 5 - Decision impact
- 14 - Applying the framework
3. Implement the Decision Science Framework
- 15 - Getting started in your organization
- 16 - Best practices
- 17 - Pitfalls and major learnings
4. Continuing Your Decision Science Learning Journey
- 18 - Are you ready to start with decision science