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Innovative
Decisions, Inc. (IDI) is an analytics consulting
firm serving business and government clients and
specializing in the disciplines of decision and risk
analysis, operations research, and systems engineering.
IDI supports the needs of analysts, managers and senior
decision-makers through its decision conferencing,
consulting, research, and training services.
Analytic
methodologies include descriptive techniques (what
happened), predictive techniques (what will happen), and
prescriptive techniques (what should happen). IDI
provides analytic services that meet the specific needs
of clients and offers integrated analytic solutions
using techniques from throughout the "analytics
pyramid":
Strategic Decision
Analysis
Generation of strategic objectives, design
of robust strategies, and identification of the best
strategies accounting for multiple, conflicting
objectives and uncertainty.
Resource Allocation
Decision and cost analysis to help decision makers best
allocate limited resources among a portfolio of programs
or investments to achieve the best overall value.
Risk Analysis
Threat, vulnerability and consequence models and
analyses that help decision makers choose the best risk
management decisions under uncertain conditions.
Source Selection
Selection of the best choice among a set of
alternatives with multiple, conflicting features or
criteria.
Bayesian Analysis
Drawing sound conclusions from a large amount and
variety of ambiguous, conflicting or incomplete information
and providing Bayesian inference on the basis of new
evidence.
Process Improvement
Design and simulation of complex processes or
systems-of-systems that meet overall user requirements
and are affordable and sustainable.
Operations Planning
Analysis and optimization of order quantities, schedules, or
routes to attain the most efficient operations.
Performance Metrics
Development of quantitative measures of
performance, effectiveness, and merit that allow an
organization to benchmark performance and track
improvements.
Organizational Assessment
Survey design and assessment of empirical data in order to
develop usable information for decision making.
Decision
Conferences
Facilitating project teams and groups of decision
makers and subject matter experts where solutions are based on
group consensus.
Research
and Development
Research on the use of analytics methods
for addressing problems associated with situation
awareness, sensor fusion, prediction, and decision
support.
Decision Analysis
Training
and Coaching
Tailored instruction and mentoring
on decision analysis topics pertinent to specific clients.
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