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Opportunity Selection

Determining which opportunities deserve commitment.

What Is Opportunity Selection?

Opportunity Selection evaluates alternatives and determines which opportunities justify the commitment of resources, effort, and attention.

The objective is not to pursue more opportunities. The objective is to identify the opportunities most likely to create value.

The outcome is a decision about which opportunities should be pursued, investigated further, or left behind.

Questions It Can Help Decide

  • Which opportunities should be pursued?
  • Which opportunities should be ignored?
  • Which initiatives deserve investment?
  • Which concepts justify further development?
  • Which markets deserve exploration?
  • Which partnerships should be pursued?
  • Which opportunities align with strategic objectives?

Typical Inputs

  • Market understanding
  • Customer understanding
  • Research findings
  • Competitive information
  • Resource constraints
  • Risk assessments
  • Financial considerations
  • Strategic objectives
  • Expert judgment

Opportunity Selection Examples

CheckTextBias Expansion Opportunity Assessment

Evaluation of alternative directions for expanding beyond article bias analysis, including broader intelligence capabilities, research synthesis, customer understanding, and communication analysis services.

Business opportunityPlatform evolutionMarket opportunityService expansion
Outcome

Selected the broader IntelAnvil intelligence ecosystem opportunity over continued focus on standalone bias analysis.

Related Types of Decisions

IntelAnvil organizes decision work into five broad categories.

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IntelAnvil can help determine which opportunities deserve commitment and which should be left behind.